Honda Car Forum

Hey guys. I bought a 91 accord about a month ago. Its a great little car. Pretty good on gas. I use to have a 90 Acura Legend LS but gas was murdering me. So I bought the accord.

Anyways, the 91 accord is a stick. Within the last few days the car started acting very weird. The power band from 1st-3rd gear constantly slips. I dont know what it is. Sometimes it will catch and my power will come back for a second (i know this because I feel the normal power band of power come back) then it slips again. While its slipping the car shakes as if Godzilla is running behind me. I cannot get into the fourth gear at all. When I do switch to 4th, the car maintains the speed it was at before I switched. If I try give it power, the car just shakes again without accelerating at all. While at stop lights I watch my odometer and it sometimes drops to half of an rpm then goes back up to about 1.1 then slow descends back down.

I was watched it while in my driveway to see if the car would die but it doesnt. I almost lost it once while at a stop light and I had to give it some power before it died. Also, if Im in neutral and I rev it, while the odometer is from 0 - 2 rpms the car shakes aswell.

I thought it was the alternator at first cause its really loud in the morning when the car is cold but it quiets down when it warms up. I thought it was the battery but the battery seems to be working just fine. This morning I looked at the spark plugs only to see the chamber was litterally flooded in oil. I thought that was the problem so I changed the gasket and the seals, also cleaned the spark plug chamber and changed the spark plugs all together. Also I pressure sprayed the air filter but I know that did nothing lol.The problem still is happening.

Im only 18 years old and dont have too much knowledge of cars. I can just do the basic things. I also dont have too much money to spend on this car. I was hoping it would save me money, not cost me. And lastly, I dont believe its my clutch. Just a few days ago before this happened I never noticed any problems what so ever with the way the clutch gripped.

Any help is greatly appreciated and I apologize for the long post.
Thanks

anyone?