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I have a Honda Civic 89 automatic 1.5 engine. Car starts fine cold,
after letting it get warm at a idle for about 20 minutes and then
holding rpms up for about 2 minutes it states chugging like its
running out of gas
And finally dies. After it cools down it will start again and run
fine. What could it be. We recently put in a new main relay, a coil
and igniter. No red light on dash and no code flashes come up on
the computer. Help...

alohaplace@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a Honda Civic 89 automatic 1.5 engine. Car starts fine cold,
> after letting it get warm at a idle for about 20 minutes

well that's a problem right there. should never do that - should always
drive it to warm it up. what you're doing is fouling plugs, and dumping
excessive fuel into the oil for excessive periods because it takes much
longer to warm up your way.


> and then
> holding rpms up for about 2 minutes it states chugging like its
> running out of gas
> And finally dies. After it cools down it will start again and run
> fine. What could it be. We recently put in a new main relay, a coil
> and igniter. No red light on dash and no code flashes come up on
> the computer. Help...

did you use honda parts?

check the coolant level in the radiator, not just the expansion reservoir.

also check the timing in case the cam has skipped a tooth.