Old Apr 21, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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Ran an electrical bypass from the positive battery clamp to the main positive connection of the engine compartment's fuse box.
This seems to clean up some minor problems. (I'll replace the positive battery cable with one from honda once I get my main problem solved.)
The car idles smoother while warming up. I can turn on the headlights and vent fan to full and car still continues to idle during the warm up.

Tried switching the two wires that plug into the 2-prong switch assembly thermostat.
No affect on the main problem.

But, my main problem of:
Once the car warms to operating temperature it dies at idle and won't start without giving it gas still occurs.

Maybe, I'll swap the idle air control valve from the ZC intake I have and swap it with the one on the car. (it could be it's sticking or not moving enough.)

The next step is finding a good Honda specialist and having them fix the problem.

Note:
The idle adjustment screw on my car's intake is epoxied over (I think, it's California emissions that requires this. The ECU controls the idle with the idle air control valve.)
Otherwise, this problem would have been solved with a slight turn of a flat bladed screw driver a long time ago.
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