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I've been reading some of the posts and my situation is similar with
the idle problem and such except as it has continued to get colder the
problem has changed somewhat. Now when I start the car it wont even
idle at 2000-2500. it simply cuts off- and then wont start again. I
narrowed it down to the choke and tried holding my foot on the gas
hoping that it would eventually idle at the correct rpm but all that
happens is it stutters and runs extremely rich (the exhausts smells
like gas, right?) and never reaches correct idle speed. I have, on more
than a couple of occaisions sat there with my foot on the gas from
anywhere from 20- 45 minutes with no results. Any advice would be
helpful-

Can you post some maintenance history? In particular:

Age of plugs, ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor,
fuel filter and air filter, and PCV valve? Are these parts
all OEM? If they're over a few years or are non-OEM, I'd
replace all. Report back.

This is a carbureted car, right? Ever clean the carburetor?

Is the coolant changed regularly, and purged of air properly
(e.g. fan comes on twice, per the manual's procedure)?

www.autozone.com has a free online manual for your Accord
with a troubleshooting section for idle problems. I believe
it's under "emission controls" or similar.


<sterling78mb@yahoo.com> wrote
> I've been reading some of the posts and my situation is
similar with
> the idle problem and such except as it has continued to
get colder the
> problem has changed somewhat. Now when I start the car it
wont even
> idle at 2000-2500. it simply cuts off- and then wont start
again. I
> narrowed it down to the choke and tried holding my foot on
the gas
> hoping that it would eventually idle at the correct rpm
but all that
> happens is it stutters and runs extremely rich (the
exhausts smells
> like gas, right?) and never reaches correct idle speed. I
have, on more
> than a couple of occaisions sat there with my foot on the
gas from
> anywhere from 20- 45 minutes with no results. Any advice
would be
> helpful-
>

sterling78mb@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1137002996.956202.277340@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> I've been reading some of the posts and my situation is similar with
> the idle problem and such except as it has continued to get colder the
> problem has changed somewhat. Now when I start the car it wont even
> idle at 2000-2500. it simply cuts off- and then wont start again. I
> narrowed it down to the choke and tried holding my foot on the gas
> hoping that it would eventually idle at the correct rpm but all that
> happens is it stutters and runs extremely rich (the exhausts smells
> like gas, right?) and never reaches correct idle speed. I have, on more
> than a couple of occaisions sat there with my foot on the gas from
> anywhere from 20- 45 minutes with no results. Any advice would be
> helpful-
>



Does this happen when warm or when cold?

Are you saying the choke styas closed even when the car is fully warm?


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