My 1999 Honda Civic DX

Asked by Suniskyy May 07, 2019 at 03:09 AM about the 1999 Honda Civic DX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car is sputtterring
and acts like I it wants to
die going down the  road
and while ideling .  It acts
like when you get some
bad gas that bass water
in it. Anyway I've had new
gasget and plug wires
put on it twice now and
also a whole new
distributer put on it but
it's still the same . Does
anyone know how to help
me I'd be for ever
grateful.

1 Answer

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Hard to say for sure without being there but could be a few possibilities..could be your iacv(idle air control valve)May be a dumb question but are you sure you have the spark plug wires in the correct order.?? That can cause misfiring and horrible idling n definitely cause your car to run like complete sh*t.. then again could be fuel pressure issue..I'm sorry for probably confusing you but easiest way is so start checking main components.. engine needs air,fuel,fire so air could definitely be iacv, fuel could be fuel pump losing pressure or failing n fire could be something as dumb as wrong firing order or faulty distributor... Are you able to plug into your obd2 port and check for any ecu codes.? If not you may want to stop somewhere like AutoZone, I BELIEVE they will scan for codes for free. That is the fastest n easiest way to find the issue without throwing money into pointless parts.

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