PeterbiltTech
New Member
Hey all
Just purchased a 98 civic coupe as a daily driver/project car, I got the car pretty cheap due to the fact some of engine compartment components had been stripped. It's missing the a/c condenser, power steering pump, air intake, and I believe the emission controls. Before I bought it I did take it for a test drive and it seemed to run/drive pretty well. It did have the check engine light on when I bought it but didn't have a diagnostic tool with me to pull the codes, I figured since it had things missing it would throw a code for it. The car has a D16Y8, anyone know if it came stock that year or has it been swapped?
Anyways the next day I take it for a drive and at idle the rpms fluctuate, but only in neutral. I found it was a pretty common symptom with 6th gens, I have tried to clean out the iacv with some brake clean, unplugged the 7.5 back up fuse and started it back up and at first it seemed to idle slow and it kind of felt like it was mIssing and then started to do the idle surge again but lost the missing feel. I read another cause of the surging could be due to vacuum leaks, hardly any of the vacuum lines go to anything, so I need your guys help.
When going in to buying this car I knew it would be a project car, the goal is for a reliable daily driver. I'm mechanically inclined but I'm just not familiar with Hondas. I did buy an aftermarket air intake for the car, nothing special but it gets the job done. I need to know what to buy to get all the vacuum lines connected or know another solution, I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Pictures below
http://m1063.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/bmcduell/photo.jpg.html?o=2
Just purchased a 98 civic coupe as a daily driver/project car, I got the car pretty cheap due to the fact some of engine compartment components had been stripped. It's missing the a/c condenser, power steering pump, air intake, and I believe the emission controls. Before I bought it I did take it for a test drive and it seemed to run/drive pretty well. It did have the check engine light on when I bought it but didn't have a diagnostic tool with me to pull the codes, I figured since it had things missing it would throw a code for it. The car has a D16Y8, anyone know if it came stock that year or has it been swapped?
Anyways the next day I take it for a drive and at idle the rpms fluctuate, but only in neutral. I found it was a pretty common symptom with 6th gens, I have tried to clean out the iacv with some brake clean, unplugged the 7.5 back up fuse and started it back up and at first it seemed to idle slow and it kind of felt like it was mIssing and then started to do the idle surge again but lost the missing feel. I read another cause of the surging could be due to vacuum leaks, hardly any of the vacuum lines go to anything, so I need your guys help.
When going in to buying this car I knew it would be a project car, the goal is for a reliable daily driver. I'm mechanically inclined but I'm just not familiar with Hondas. I did buy an aftermarket air intake for the car, nothing special but it gets the job done. I need to know what to buy to get all the vacuum lines connected or know another solution, I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Pictures below
http://m1063.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/bmcduell/photo.jpg.html?o=2