hatemachine

well i had the sparkplug 1 come loose from not being tightened enough, and pop out and strip the last few threads. well i got it fixed, but now when i hit the high RPM's it sputters like its unning out of gas. i have all new plugs and wires, and all of the distributer is new, and only run 93 octain in the car, help please? whats going on.

Tirod

what kind of car is this??

FDragger

check to see if they are gapped right

hatemachine

well its a 95 civic dx 1.5 L the plugs are properly gapped to .044, and i took it to get looked at and i was told that ther was a 90% chance it was the cat converter. also when i hit the gas in the driveway it bogged out and died. and a nice thick cloud of exhaust came out the wrong end of the cool air intake

Tirod

you are using the wrong gas.. there is your problem..

hatemachine

well i dont think. i mean i use 93 octaine unleaded. i did have the sparkplug 1 glow out of the head and strip 2 of the threads, but i got that fixed, and since then this happened

Tirod

premium should not be used on a dx... mid-grade (86-88) at the very most... your manual should say regular
how long have you used it? perhaps stuff is now starting to show..

Guest

where do you buy your 93 octane from. all local gas station around bay area only sells 87 89 and 91 octance

oc_civic

and what exactly do you base this on????

agent87

I doubt his gas is the problem. A spark will still ignite the air fuel mixture.

I had a car in which the opposite happened. It was cross threaded from the beginning and the spark plug popped out because of that. Who did the work on the car? Yourself or a shop?