91 Accord trouble
The car was fine yesterday. This morning the idle is rough and almost
stalling, with a smell of rotten eggs. Everything is closed so I risked taking it for a necessary trip and it's ok cruising at highway speeds, but is rough when in traffic. It never actually stalled but I kept putting it in neutral (it's automatic) when stopping. The distributor is pretty new. I pulled the sparkplug wires and put them back but that did nothing. PCV valve? Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic? |
Re: 91 Accord trouble
> Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic?
mysterios get no info fr me |
Re: 91 Accord trouble
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:19:49 +0800, "TE Chea" <4ws@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic? >mysterios get no info fr me > I don't know what other info to give. The engine gasket was changed a few months back. It feels like a cylinder is firing at the wrong time. There is a smell of sulfur. Oil gets changed regularly but not much else. I guess it could be the PCV valve; that can cause a rough idle but this seems something worse. |
Re: 91 Accord trouble
dgk wrote: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:19:49 +0800, "TE Chea" <4ws@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic? >> >>mysterios get no info fr me >> > > > I don't know what other info to give. The engine gasket was changed a > few months back. It feels like a cylinder is firing at the wrong time. > There is a smell of sulfur. Oil gets changed regularly but not much > else. > The only example of a sulphur smell that I've run across is a battery that was "cooking" due to an overcharging problem. > I guess it could be the PCV valve; that can cause a rough idle but > this seems something worse. |
Re: 91 Accord trouble
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:18:01 GMT, Grumpy AuContraire
<Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote: > > >dgk wrote: > >> On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:19:49 +0800, "TE Chea" <4ws@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>>Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic? >>> >>>mysterios get no info fr me >>> >> >> >> I don't know what other info to give. The engine gasket was changed a >> few months back. It feels like a cylinder is firing at the wrong time. >> There is a smell of sulfur. Oil gets changed regularly but not much >> else. >> > >The only example of a sulphur smell that I've run across is a battery >that was "cooking" due to an overcharging problem. > > >> I guess it could be the PCV valve; that can cause a rough idle but >> this seems something worse. No, that would even be dangerous. No one wants an exploding battery. I looked at the battery terminals when I was looking around under the hood. It looked fine and I didn't see any disconnected hoses that might explain the misfiring. Well, it's at the mechanic today. It's really getting near the end for this car I think. It's been running ok but the rust is getting out of hand. It only has 106,000 which is very low for a 91, but that could be part of the problem. It mostly just gets used for short trips which is tough on a car. Every big bill (there have been too many the last few years) makes me think that it is time to just get a new used car. |
Re: 91 Accord trouble
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:19:49 +0800, "TE Chea" <4ws@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anything minor I can try before bringing it to the mechanic? >mysterios get no info fr me > Ok, it was a hole in one of numerous little hoses. |
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