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I just put a new head gasket on my 85 Accord LXi, fuel injected, auto.
Runs fine except when I get up to about 30 mph and with a bit of
acceleration it bogs and the PGM-FI light comes on. I let up on the
gas and it goes back to being fine. I rechecked the timing belt but
the marks line up fine although I suppose I could be off one cog if
I'm not getting the mark on the pulley aligned just right with the
head. But it seems like this might be more of a fuel delivery
problem.

Anyone have any insights before I go all over the thing again. It's
not loping at idle so I don't think its an intake manifold leak.

thanks

Bill

Are you sure you don't have an 86 Accord (only because there is no such
thing as an 85 LXi) or maybe an 85 Accord SEi?

Anyway, what code do you get from the computer?

"Bill Schuh" <bschuh@watlow.com> wrote in message
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> I just put a new head gasket on my 85 Accord LXi, fuel injected, auto.
> Runs fine except when I get up to about 30 mph and with a bit of
> acceleration it bogs and the PGM-FI light comes on. I let up on the
> gas and it goes back to being fine. I rechecked the timing belt but
> the marks line up fine although I suppose I could be off one cog if
> I'm not getting the mark on the pulley aligned just right with the
> head. But it seems like this might be more of a fuel delivery
> problem.
>
> Anyone have any insights before I go all over the thing again. It's
> not loping at idle so I don't think its an intake manifold leak.
>
> thanks
>
> Bill

"Jafir Elkurd" <jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<vij3uhm4oeup8e@corp.supernews.com>...
> Are you sure you don't have an 86 Accord (only because there is no such
> thing as an 85 LXi) or maybe an 85 Accord SEi?
>
> Anyway, what code do you get from the computer?
>
> "Bill Schuh" <bschuh@watlow.com> wrote in message
> news:f603bcd4.0307311227.6c8de173@posting.google.c om...
> > I just put a new head gasket on my 85 Accord LXi, fuel injected, auto.
> > Runs fine except when I get up to about 30 mph and with a bit of
> > acceleration it bogs and the PGM-FI light comes on. I let up on the
> > gas and it goes back to being fine. I rechecked the timing belt but
> > the marks line up fine although I suppose I could be off one cog if
> > I'm not getting the mark on the pulley aligned just right with the
> > head. But it seems like this might be more of a fuel delivery
> > problem.
> >
> > Anyone have any insights before I go all over the thing again. It's
> > not loping at idle so I don't think its an intake manifold leak.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Bill


Found the problem; a loose ground wire. All fixed and things are fine.