20 Most Recent 1986 Honda Civic - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Not good news. Sounds like a blow head gasket.

Are you losing coolant?

yes you need to take the fans off ext till the radiator is ready to come out shouldnt take more than a half hour

1342 - all 4 bangers

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try downshifting

what have you checked? do you get spark?

was the car hit or in a accident?

TRY TURNING UP YOUR IDLE ALSO have it tuned up not enough spark will cause ths prob.

check your coil it could be shorting out

The most common cause of this is the ignition control module.

buy the service manual.. it contains all the info you need to fix it.... amazing!

The cap should be marked for number 1. The distributor turns clockwise. The firing order is 1-3-4-2.

The float chamber is in the underside of the carburator if this is a carburated car.
If the float is in fact shutting off the fuel to the carburator the engine should still run on the fuel in the float bowl. Unless it is a very long sharp turn. Have you tried standing still and just turning the wheel hard to the right and see id the engine cuts out ? If it does you may have an exposed wire that touches somewhere when steering is all the way over to one side.
Hope this helps
Sam

Try to see if the water is circulating in the system. Better way to check without burning yourself is to take the thermostat out and run the engine this way it should start circulating right away. If the impeller on the water pump is not turning the water wont circulate.
I have seen this in a VW Jetta but don't know what type of w/pump is in your Honda.

Starter drive spinning but not shooting out into flywheel for turning engine over. If you remove it & grease up the shaft of the starter that it slides on & keep working it on the bench, you may save some money. Once you have it lubed & working good one bench, put it back in & give it a try. Take a look at gear teeth for damage while it's on the bench as well.

Try replacing the thermostat, it sounds like a lack of water circulaton.

Ed

get a new trans.
what has happened is there are parts in a honda trans that are not made to handle real world driving.
i had a honda accord that had the same problem, i went to my brother who is a specialist transmission rebuilder and all he did was laugh and told me to get a manual for it.
there is only one ways to fix it and it cost 1000 dollars (NZ) and it will happen again 6 months down the track

The gap required for the spark plug is .044


If my solution proves useful please accept it.

Regards
Arjun

check out www.autozone.com you can access repair manuals and you should be able to find the schematics there

Yes, remove all of the spark plugs, and test each cylinder individually. This will tell if the gasket has sealed properly. Once you get the engine running, do this again to see if it can hold combustion pressures.