dhatch1
New Member
hello i am not necessarily new to the world of cars but i am new to the tuning world. i got the civic that i own now from my sister who let the car sit in front of our house for a year i bought it from her and it has been a great car very fun. so far i have cold air and a Megan exhaust. recently though i started to notice a slight sputtering at high speeds so i changed the plug wires, dist. cap, and the plugs, and the sputtering is still there i did not however replace the rotor. i have not replaced the fuel filter yet but im not sure at all what my next course of action would be i am also leaving for Florida in the next few days so ANY help at all would be appreciated.
. i will start to notice the sputtering around 30 mph all the way to about 85 i back off once i hit that mark i dont want to lean out the fuel to air ratio in the cylinders. what i think is happening is the fuel filter is clogged and not letting enough fuel in under that kind of load. i dont notice anyhting at idle up to 20-29 mph and then usually when i go above that it acts like it is missing but if it was it would be missing at all speeds and it doesnt do that i know the timing is on because there is no loss in power until the sputtering starts. i just replaced the plugs with NGK platinum with a gap of 42 on each, and the dist.cap with a stock one from an Autozone, and the plug wires also stock. but i did not replace the rotor and not sure if that would be causing that or not. any and all help will be greatly appreciated i leave for Florida within the next few days and will be driving the car there so i would like to get this done before then 
thanx