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Old 08 Aug 2004, 01:06 pm
Mike
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Default 97 Civic - Low Idle

Greetings All

I've got a problem with my Automatic 97 EX - non-VTEC (Canadian) 127Km

Progressively over time, I've noticed that when I come to a stop the car
starts to shake and the idle drops below the 500 Rpm Idle.
If I remove my foot from the brake, it'll return to idle quicker.
Stepping on the brake definitely has an affect on the idle speed when
stopped.

This only happens when the engine is cold and goes away after it's fully
warmed up.

So, today I decided replace the plugs, cap, rotor and generally just clean
things up.
Unfortunately, the kid at NAPA didn't know what Cap and Rotor to give me, so
I just left with the plugs and figured I'd just scrape any oxidation of the
cap terminals for now.

After that, I took it for a test drive and it now totally stalls at stops
before idling at around 100, or so, RPM.

I did properly gap the plugs to 1.1mm as per the sticker under the hood.

Any help appreciated..
Mike..


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