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I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning
after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. What could be the problem? |
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How are your spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor?
"john" <john@nomorenewspamin.ca> wrote in message news:e1ockv00pg7442fh1gacgqv1ko2lebsfoa@4ax.com... > I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning > after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler > vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal > exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. > What could be the problem? > > |
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:37:24 GMT, "ttppll" <tomlo@popmail.com> wrote:
The last major tune up was 4 yrs ago. That time the spark plugs, rotor head assembly, packing head cov were replaced, but I think the wires were not replaced. >How are your spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor? > >"john" <john@nomorenewspamin.ca> wrote in message >news:e1ockv00pg7442fh1gacgqv1ko2lebsfoa@4ax.com.. . >> I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning >> after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler >> vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal >> exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. >> What could be the problem? >> >> > |
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john wrote:
> I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning > after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler > vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal > exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. > What could be the problem? > > Did you recently fill the tank? Has it exhibited this problem before? What were the conditions when you were trying to start it?, ie: car had been running and was still warm, cold start in the morning, just after a rainstorm... How responsive is the engine to throttle? Does it rev well once it starts? Will it keep running? What speed does it idle at? |
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:35:10 GMT, "E. Meyer" <e.meyer@ieee.org> wrote:
>On 8/24/03 5:39 PM, in article bibeqq$pr0$1@peabody.colorado.edu, "Franz >Bestuchev" <fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com> wrote: > >> john wrote: >>> I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning >>> after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler >>> vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal >>> exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. >>> What could be the problem? >>> >>> >> >> Did you recently fill the tank? Has it exhibited this problem before? >> What were the conditions when you were trying to start it?, ie: car had >> been running and was still warm, cold start in the morning, just after a >> rainstorm... >> >> How responsive is the engine to throttle? Does it rev well once it >> starts? Will it keep running? What speed does it idle at? >> > >Any chance its bad gas? Did this start a day or so after a fill up? The >symptom sounds like Diesel in a gas engine. Probably not related to the gas I put in a week before. |
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:39:20 -0600, Franz Bestuchev
<fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com> wrote: >john wrote: >> I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning >> after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler >> vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal >> exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. >> What could be the problem? >> >> > >Did you recently fill the tank? Has it exhibited this problem before? >What were the conditions when you were trying to start it?, ie: car had >been running and was still warm, cold start in the morning, just after a >rainstorm... > When the engine was cold at first and then became warmer as I restarted again and again. >How responsive is the engine to throttle? Does it rev well once it >starts? Will it keep running? What speed does it idle at? Well the rpm at idle was at 300-400. Is this too low? The warmer the engine the lower the rpm gets. I noticed that at park position, as I step on the brakes, the rpm initially dipped a bit, and then went back up to 400rpm. I think it has to do with spark plug wires. Sometime ago a mechanic checked them out and found one of the wires had a higher resistance than normal. What could that mean? |
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John wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:39:20 -0600, Franz Bestuchev > <fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com> wrote: > > >>john wrote: >> >>>I cannot start my 1988 Acua Integra. Well, I got the engine ruunning >>>after trying the ignition many times, but the engine and muffler >>>vibrate a lot and the exhaust smells very bad and not like normal >>>exhaust. Last month I had the battery checked but it was fine. >>>What could be the problem? >>> >>> >> >>Did you recently fill the tank? Has it exhibited this problem before? >>What were the conditions when you were trying to start it?, ie: car had >>been running and was still warm, cold start in the morning, just after a >>rainstorm... >> > > > When the engine was cold at first and then became warmer as I > restarted again and again. > > >>How responsive is the engine to throttle? Does it rev well once it >>starts? Will it keep running? What speed does it idle at? > > > Well the rpm at idle was at 300-400. Is this too low? The warmer the > engine the lower the rpm gets. > I noticed that at park position, as I step on the brakes, the rpm > initially dipped a bit, and then went back up to 400rpm. > > I think it has to do with spark plug wires. Sometime ago a mechanic > checked them out and found one of the wires had a higher resistance > than normal. What could that mean? > Well, a new set of plugs is gonna be both good for your car's ignition system (especially if they're 15 years old) and a dead simple thing to swap out. |
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