Recent content by vic42

First in order to pass smog you should get everything back to stock, even with a cold air intake your engine will most often fail. Second run a few onces of acetone in the tank, the formula is 2-3 oz's for ten gallons of gas, run 2 tanks though using this formula and then on the day of the...

Acetone to lower emmsions When my vehicles have to be smogged "every 2 years" i use acetone, being doing it for years without any problems. 2 oz's for ten gallons of gas works great and i get incredibaly low PPM numbers on my 91 civic. The more actetone you use the better the emmissions but...

Hello all; After completey tuning up my 91 civic si D16A6 i took an 1100 mile roadtrip to see my family. Well i'm impressed because this was the 1st long trip i took with the Honda since i got it last year and the gas mileage was ABSOLUTLEY AWSOME!!!!!! At and average speed of 65Mph on...

Thanks Thanks man, appreciate the quick reply. I was scartching my nogin this morning trying to figure out where the damn thing was, WOW, now this is sooooo easy. Other car manafacurers could learn a thing or two from Honda and put there filters in easy to get at places like this. Thanks...

Hey all, this new board is real nice!! Can someone please tell me where the fuel filter is located on a 91 civic si? Thanks Vic.

My 91 civic hatch gets great mileage as long as i keep it tuned well, i bought it last August and gave it a complete tune, Absolutley everything, right down to the O2 sensor and i get around 35 Mpg. Also check your front end alignment, if its off it will also effect you mileage Compared to my...

A bit of water from the exhaust is normal just means your cat is working well. Chet

I picked up a 91 civic si hatch 1.6L engine from and auction in Aug last year. I use it as a daily driver around town' lots of pep and great on gas. It won't win the indy 500 any time soon, but it has more than enough power for me. I think is has the d16x engine. The engine has 150,000 miles on...

Found the problem with the non start issue, below freezing outside. It was the main relay that was bad. Went to a junkyard and picked up another for 5 bucks. Thanks for all the help Chet.

Thanks for all your help, its greatly appreciated, i know more now than i did before. I figure it must be under the dash somewhere, so if off to look i go. Chet.

Were is the main relay? I have 2 sets of fuses one set is inside under the steering wheel and the other set is under the hood sitting on top of the strut tower. I used a hair dryer to heat up the fuse box under the steering wheel and it started right up, so i presume the main relay is under...

The mercury went down past 0 last night and this morning the car wouldn't start, lots of juice (New battery). i bumped started it and got it going, after about 5 minutes running turned if of and it started right back up like nothing had happened. This always happens when the temp falls below...

Thanks i'll pick one up. Chet.

Yes but it turned out to be a weak battery, put a new one in and all was well again. I checked the relays this morning and there OK. Someone suggested that i turn the key to on for a second and listen for the pump priming, it hummed just like it should. It started right up this morning no...

The cars runs good and strong, i'm in Canada and its cold. I checked the computer no codes and no flashing, so i think its probably just a one time deal, damn cold plays havoc on everything. I'll check out my relays tommorow just to be sure. Thanks for all the replies. Chet.