THE ISSUE
I have a Honda Civic 2003 with 1.7 liter vtec ENGINE AND 4 Cylinders with 162,000 miles on it , my check engine light came on and ever since i have problems with accelerating. I will put my foot on the gas and my car will kind of***** like its trying to get gas but cant. This only happens if the car has been off for 10+ hrs. Also had tune up about 1 month ago so I know that shouldnt be the problem. After driving my car for 50+ miles, it stalls & won't accelerate past 20 MPH. It will kick in after a few seconds of stalling, but then doesn't accelerate again (I press on the gas and it does nothing!), the engine is still running. . I'll press the gas, and the car doesn't accelerate. The RPMs drop down like I'm just coasting. Downshifting and flooring it doesn't help, then after about 5-7 seconds it'll start to go again. if I let off the gas and press again, the same thing happens. I'll be at a stop sign, then turn and I'll be going 20 with the pedal all the way down for a little bit, then the whole car will***** as the engine shifts and it finally speeds up. My car is running really weird at start up and wont accelerate. When i get to 20 mph my car won't accelerate, it is slow and draging. Why does it hesitate when i accelerate? It almost sounds like its about to shut off but doesnt and it shakes a bit. The****** HAPPEN while I am driving and trying to increase my speed by giving more . Once my car gets going speed is not an issue. It seems that I have to push on the pedal just a bit more to get it to go. And after a few seconds of dumping gas in my engine it seems to respond USUALLY with a body-throwback*****.
SECOND PROBLEM
My engine keeps overheating while I'm driving slow, stopping on stop lights, in traffic, or I am parked in a parking lot with my engine on and listening to radio and/or having my A/c on and in a few minutes I find out that the odometer is always the way up to HOT,HOT HOT.. When I start driving again, it starts falling. When I accelerate really fast, for example, to pass a vehicle, the temperature shoots up almost immediately. When I'm on the highway, everything is fine.
FACTS
My transmission was reBUILT a few WEEKS ago, my car had been sitting for a few WEEKS (UPTO 3 WEEKS) before then.
I have a Honda Civic 2003 with 1.7 liter vtec ENGINE AND 4 Cylinders with 162,000 miles on it , my check engine light came on and ever since i have problems with accelerating. I will put my foot on the gas and my car will kind of***** like its trying to get gas but cant. This only happens if the car has been off for 10+ hrs. Also had tune up about 1 month ago so I know that shouldnt be the problem. After driving my car for 50+ miles, it stalls & won't accelerate past 20 MPH. It will kick in after a few seconds of stalling, but then doesn't accelerate again (I press on the gas and it does nothing!), the engine is still running. . I'll press the gas, and the car doesn't accelerate. The RPMs drop down like I'm just coasting. Downshifting and flooring it doesn't help, then after about 5-7 seconds it'll start to go again. if I let off the gas and press again, the same thing happens. I'll be at a stop sign, then turn and I'll be going 20 with the pedal all the way down for a little bit, then the whole car will***** as the engine shifts and it finally speeds up. My car is running really weird at start up and wont accelerate. When i get to 20 mph my car won't accelerate, it is slow and draging. Why does it hesitate when i accelerate? It almost sounds like its about to shut off but doesnt and it shakes a bit. The****** HAPPEN while I am driving and trying to increase my speed by giving more . Once my car gets going speed is not an issue. It seems that I have to push on the pedal just a bit more to get it to go. And after a few seconds of dumping gas in my engine it seems to respond USUALLY with a body-throwback*****.
SECOND PROBLEM
My engine keeps overheating while I'm driving slow, stopping on stop lights, in traffic, or I am parked in a parking lot with my engine on and listening to radio and/or having my A/c on and in a few minutes I find out that the odometer is always the way up to HOT,HOT HOT.. When I start driving again, it starts falling. When I accelerate really fast, for example, to pass a vehicle, the temperature shoots up almost immediately. When I'm on the highway, everything is fine.
FACTS
My transmission was reBUILT a few WEEKS ago, my car had been sitting for a few WEEKS (UPTO 3 WEEKS) before then.
Jul 13, 2011 at 9:55 PM