Advise/Help Needed
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:57 pm
Im a new owner of a 1994 Prelude with an H23a1 and 5speed. This is my first car and i purchased it threw family at a very good price but thats beside the point. The car runs and drives "ok" as in it gets me where im going. The car has 194xxx miles on it and is definately in need of work. According to the free vin reasearch tools online i know that i am between the 9-11 owner and thats all. The car had setup for 4years about, since june of 09. And given the person i bought it from there is absoutley no documemtation of any maintence or service, etc AT ALL. The only things that i was told has been done is that within the last two years it has had a tune up(plugs,wires,cap,and rotor), water pump replacement, rebuilt trans and new clutch, and new brake system. Since i have had it on the road i have put nearly 1000 miles on it in the last two weeks. I am beginning to highly doubt hardly anything i was told has been done to it realy has. That being said here is a list of issues and behavior problems i am having with my lude.
1. Idle Surge - It is very seldom that the idle does not surge after heat up, pushing clutch in, or nuetral. But when it doesnot surge the last few times it doesnt idle at 750 it averages a little over 1000 (number 1 increment on tac). I cant seem to point out the iac, but when i change my oil this weekend i planned on taking off the throttleboddy and every thing attached, and giving it all a good cleaning.
2 Cut Wires - to start with, im almost sure that everything on the dash works but the fuel guage and water temp guage. I assume the indicator lights work because the engine light turns on and the abs light turns on and wen u turn the key the borad lights up(read-out). But when i take the bottom pannel off(below steering collumn, there are i would say atleast 5-10 cut wires that i can see. Its a nightmare. And the radio is shorting out i have recently dissconected the back speakers just to keep my self feom playing music incase of something going wrong engine wise. And the anti theft has been dissconected.
3 ABS Light - my abs light stays on no matter what, i stay up on all fluids and the breaks seem to work fine.
4 Hard Shift - No matter what speed or senario im in about 7 times out of 10 when im going into 5th it grinds for a split sec and then does good.
5 Hoses - due to the age of car and probably never having been garage kept all my air lines and vacume lines seals and connections are showing varying degrees of dry rot. Is there a way to repair these or how would i go about replacing them. I am assumin this is what is causing the loud whisteling when get on to around 2-4 on the tach.
I love this this car despite its issuse, i have big plans for it eventually(dont we all), it is my everyday driver and only meens of transportation. Any and all advise would be highly appreciated.
Thank You - Tyler
1. Idle Surge - It is very seldom that the idle does not surge after heat up, pushing clutch in, or nuetral. But when it doesnot surge the last few times it doesnt idle at 750 it averages a little over 1000 (number 1 increment on tac). I cant seem to point out the iac, but when i change my oil this weekend i planned on taking off the throttleboddy and every thing attached, and giving it all a good cleaning.
2 Cut Wires - to start with, im almost sure that everything on the dash works but the fuel guage and water temp guage. I assume the indicator lights work because the engine light turns on and the abs light turns on and wen u turn the key the borad lights up(read-out). But when i take the bottom pannel off(below steering collumn, there are i would say atleast 5-10 cut wires that i can see. Its a nightmare. And the radio is shorting out i have recently dissconected the back speakers just to keep my self feom playing music incase of something going wrong engine wise. And the anti theft has been dissconected.
3 ABS Light - my abs light stays on no matter what, i stay up on all fluids and the breaks seem to work fine.
4 Hard Shift - No matter what speed or senario im in about 7 times out of 10 when im going into 5th it grinds for a split sec and then does good.
5 Hoses - due to the age of car and probably never having been garage kept all my air lines and vacume lines seals and connections are showing varying degrees of dry rot. Is there a way to repair these or how would i go about replacing them. I am assumin this is what is causing the loud whisteling when get on to around 2-4 on the tach.
I love this this car despite its issuse, i have big plans for it eventually(dont we all), it is my everyday driver and only meens of transportation. Any and all advise would be highly appreciated.
Thank You - Tyler