nimblecivic
Senior Member
I'm driving my brother's (nuc79) 90 accord ex last week when it started missing out and idling like shit.....
I figure no biggie, needs plugs, so I put a set of Bosch Platinums in--I know they aren't the best plugs for Hondas but stupidass autozone had NO denso's and only 2 NGK's...
So I put switch the plugs out only to find out that one of the plug chambers has quite a bit of oil in it...aka, bad seal on the plug chamber. I replace the valve cover gasket, all for rings for the plug chambers, and start the car.
The idle isn't as bad as it was, but it's still got a miss so I'm stumped. I call the bro and he says give plug wires a try. The car has 240xxx on the orig. motor and it's been awhile since the wires were replaced so I replace them thinking that'll take care of it. It doesn't....
Now I'm stumped and not sure what could be giving me this grief...The car runs fine while driving-I don't even think it misses unless I can't hear it....but as soon as I pull up to a light at idle it gets choppy and starts missing again....
Any thoughts as to what this could be? It's not throwing a CEL so I'm up to try anything to correct it.....
I figure no biggie, needs plugs, so I put a set of Bosch Platinums in--I know they aren't the best plugs for Hondas but stupidass autozone had NO denso's and only 2 NGK's...
So I put switch the plugs out only to find out that one of the plug chambers has quite a bit of oil in it...aka, bad seal on the plug chamber. I replace the valve cover gasket, all for rings for the plug chambers, and start the car.
The idle isn't as bad as it was, but it's still got a miss so I'm stumped. I call the bro and he says give plug wires a try. The car has 240xxx on the orig. motor and it's been awhile since the wires were replaced so I replace them thinking that'll take care of it. It doesn't....
Now I'm stumped and not sure what could be giving me this grief...The car runs fine while driving-I don't even think it misses unless I can't hear it....but as soon as I pull up to a light at idle it gets choppy and starts missing again....
Any thoughts as to what this could be? It's not throwing a CEL so I'm up to try anything to correct it.....