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  1. 5th Gen
    I've recently picked up a 5th gen Prelude (base, manual) with a H22A4 Engine. I'm just going to make this as straight forward as possible. The car runs completely normal when cold or on initial start up. After warming up to normal operational temperature I get swamped with a bunch of issues...
  2. 3rd Gen
    My choke plate is resting open like this, i have to manually push it in for the gaps to be closed, could this be ONE of the reasons why my idle goes straight up to 3k and stays there?
  3. 3rd Gen
    Hi, bought a 88’ si 4ws couple months back. From the start it had idle issues, guy said it was a TPS thing but after adjusting to find out its not that, ive thrown parts at it left n right. Ive changed the fuel filter, pump, then cleaned the throttle body and IACV (and soon fast idle valve) but...
  4. 3rd Gen
    I found these two wires that werent connected under my carb on the side of the choke and recently my car has been idling at 3k rpms, like ill start it and it will go straight to 3k and just stay there. Dose anyone know if these wires go to the choke i cant really tell. In the pic i connected...
  5. 3rd Gen
    Hi there, When my car is cold it won't start unless i push the gas pedal. The first few tries i need to floor my gas and it still dies. but after a few times it runs. So i have no idle when cold (Car keeps stalling). When the car is hot. I do have an idle but its way to excessive. around 2k -...
  6. 3rd Gen
    My car is idling at 2500 RPMS its a 88 prelude ive been adjusting the screws and i cant seem to find the right setting. Wich adjustment on the carb do i turn to bring it down and wich way do i turn it? Clockwise or counter clockwise?
  7. 3rd Gen
    I recently just cut my cat and muffler off they where in bad condition so i just took them off, but anyways after i did that my idle is very high when in park it will crank and instantly go to 2500rpm and then it will go back down to 1500 rpm and then it will start going up higher gradually...
  8. 3rd Gen
    So i just got my carburetor rebuilt, put it back in with new vacum lines, cleaned the fuel system, replaced fuel filters, new fuel lines, and cleaned air filter. Before doing all this my dad bought the car and it did not start at all it had a crank but the engine would not turn over. Now after...
  9. 3rd Gen
    Hi all, this my first post here, but I recently got a '91 3rd gen prelude that has some issues. It's been around me since about 2016 or so, so I know some of the work that's been done on it. For example, my brother took off the exhaust manifold and replaced it with headers. The problems started...
  10. 5th Gen
    So my H22A swap was running perfect I had no issues I was driving it fine I noticed I had a leak at the thermostat housing fixed the leak and swapped the thermostat while I was at it but now cut to a week later I have burped this car every day and I’m still getting air bubbles and the idle is...
  11. 5th Gen
    I found a 1998 prelude. Straight, clean, 5 speed, low miles. Everything works. But its having an idle issue, if you dont constantly give it gas it dies. So stop light, put the clutch in. But when your driving its an amazing ride. Seeing what kind of fix it would be and if its worth it 3500 for...
  12. 4th Gen
    Hi, I have a 1992 Si with a 2.3 motor, all original with 80k miles. Last year, i installed an AEM cold air intake. after complete install, the car will idle, then surge to around 2000 rpm, and get hung up like that for 30 seconds or so...sometimes, a quick hit on the gas will spike the RPM...
  13. 2nd Gen
    Umm soo i think I’ve looked everywhere on the fucking internet to find a new throttle body seeing as my screw is striped and my throttle body its self is cracked, I bought one on eBay but it arrived today and I was disappointed to see that it was very dirty and very much stuck closed. Is it...
  14. 5th Gen
    I have a '99 Base.. I have a few issues. I am hoping they aren't issues at all. I just got the rear main changed, clutch replaced, and the serpentine done.. In the past week, I went to vtec and then had a flashing CEL... but it went off after 10 seconds, took my OBDII and no codes were found...
  15. 3rd Gen
    Idle is surging between 1k and 1.6k. Cleaning the IAC valve didn't fix the problem. Blocking off the top port that goes to the IAC (inside the throttle body) makes the engine idle normally. The bottom FIT valve port (inside the throttle body) is sucking in air even when the engine is warm, and...
  16. 5th Gen
    Hello everyone. I just picked up a 2000 a few days ago, and noticed a problem while driving it. I did a pretty good amount of searching before posting, but I could not find results that matched my problem. When I start the car and start driving, the car runs and drives fine for about 10 minutes...
  17. Introduction
    Already made a thread in the 2nd gen section , just Thought I'd Post here as well , Bought the Car for my lady to drive to work , she works very close to home , Within a Mile each way , with fall/winter Approaching she didn't want to walk in the weather , Bought the car knowing it was not...
  18. 2nd Gen
    Hello All , New Member and Owner of a 87 Prelude 2.0 SI Automatic , Bought it for my lady , is mostly all stock minus Drilled/slotted rotors , Radio/speakers , And Cooling fans on Rad , Now to my issue . I bought the car assuming it had a Vacuum issue , At idle it shakes and surges and throws...
  19. 4th Gen
    Here's my situation. For a while I had the fluctuating idle problem but it went away on its own. More recently I started having a low idle problem where it nearly stalls at a stop light. I poked around online and discovered that is pretty common a followed clean your IACV suggestions...
  20. 3rd Gen
    Hey guys, so after 8 months in school I am finally reunited with my beautiful prelude, which has been sitting in a dark garage while I was gone ;( Anyway, there was a couple problems still existant when I came back (because apparently the magic car fairy didn't fix them). My dashboard lights...
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