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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 02:15 PM
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Default Help: 91 Integra issues...

Hey folks!

I have a 91 Integra (automatic) that's having some issues.

1. Idle seems to be a little low. Occassionally will drop to the point that I'm afraid that the car will stop running. Most times, the computer seems to wake up all of a sudden and increase the idle up, but after a while it settles and then eventually dips down again. I'm guessing all I need to do is flip through my repair manual and find a mechanical adjustment for it and tweak it to idle at higher RPMs?

2. May or may not be related to 1 (which is why I listed it) -- occassionally my car will not start. I turn the key in the ignition, everything starts up, the engine sounds like its going to start up but by the time I let up on the key, the tach drops to 0 and my car is dead. I have to time things right to get it to start once this happens -- turn the key, hold it in the ignition position a tad longer, gas it as the egine cranks up initially and try to keep the RPMs up from dropping to 0. This doesn't happen all the time either -- first thing in the morning, or a couple of times after my car had been sitting in a lot for a few hours. Usually in cold temps.

I've recently had a valve job, timing belt's been replaced, new spark plugs and cables, distributor cap's been replaced, new coil... so I don't think its the distributor and post distributor components...

I think I remember somebody posting a while back about know problems with the ignition relay or something...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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