Top 20 1993 Honda Civic 4 Door - Page 5 Questions & Answers

A car bucks when you tie a rope around its' scrotum. Try to hang on for eight seconds.

Okay, kidding aside, if it bucks all of the time no matter what gear or throttle demand, I would say you have a severe misfire or very low fuel pressure. Fuel filters should be replaced every two years and you should question if the spark plugs and wires are good if they have more than six thousand miles on them.

Labor prices can vary. But you are looking at 5 hours of labor , some gaskets ,oil ,filter,antifreeze and machine shop labor to plane the head. 500 to 700 is reasonable.

Your head gasket is a gasket ( usually 3 layers of metal and synthetic material) that is betwen the head and the block.
It keeps different systems in your engine seperated.

When it "blows" it's mean that it is ruptured and allowing one system to interfer with another i.e: Coolant system with oil ot oil with combustion or coolant with combustion.
Most common is coolant with combustion is which you coolant (antifreeze) leaks into a cylinder and burns with the gasoline when the engine is runng.
This is commonly seen as a thick oily white smoke coming out the exhaust with a definate smell

Replacing a head gasket is not a job for an inexperianced person. It involves removing the upper portion of the engine, eplacing the gasket and reassembling it.

go to scrapyard and take one off their then you will know how to fit it to your car .

replace the fule injecters or the full pump or check the fule pump fuse

blown head gasket or cracked head !

A bad FICV usually results in a high, low engine rev while at idle.

Remove the FICV and clean it out with sum brake or carb cleaner. If that doesn't work then just pick up another one.

The correct mixture/temperature scales are printed on the bottles of all good quality anti freezes. You can purchase a special hydrometer from a motor spares outlet that will give you the exact freezing point of you coolant, ti repeat, the mix depends on the minimum ambient temperature you expect to be driving in.

Seperate fuses for each

Check the electric fan(s) on the radiator. If it doesn't overheat on the highway and does in city traffic, the most likely cause is the fan not running. there will be a "thermoswitch" that senses the coolant temp and at a certian point will turn the fan on. Make sure the fan is working too. Just apply 12volts to the connection and it should spin. WATCH YOUR FINGERS while you test the fan!!

check for any vacuum leaks, run some injector and combustion cleaner through it, check the pcv valve and the egr valve, and fresh oil, can't think of anything else

It is mounted to the radiator support on the front bumper side, When the bumper is removed it is the little 3" circle with the plug and a single bolt holding it in place.

are you talking about the brake lights or the light in the back window

try the dealer

Please see my tip at http://www.fixya.com/cars/r5929960-s_thermostat . These are generic instructions. If you get stuck or need specific instructions for your car, please get back to me with model, year and engine info.

Hi Friend:

#1) I'm Putting a Diagram of your Firing Order up.1st.

Clockwise 1--3--4--2 On Distributor Cap

#2) Your Ingnition Timing , Make sure engines temp is at normal operating temperture, #3) Pull out Engine Service Connector, which is located behind RIGHT SIDE KICK PANEL .

#4) Now take a Jumper wire and Jump the BROWN WIRE with the GREEN AND WHITE Wire Terminals on the Connector.CAUTION: DO NOT JUMP THE 3PIN Data Link on Vehicles 1993 and Up.

#5) Now Connect Timing Light There is a Mark on your Bottom (Crankshaft Pully) Its Red in Color,NOTE: you might have to clean this up before even beginning anything.!

#6) But Look Down to lower Crankshaft Pulley the Timing Light should be Lined up to the RED Mark.Your Timimg Sets at 16 Degrees Before Top Dead Center and Idle should be 670 RPM

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might be the celnoid

any motor swap? have a block test done to check for the headgasket... it's possible you have warped the head with the list of cooling issues you have had.

can you please explain a bit more as iam having trouble understanding ,sorry but iam only a thick cockney mechanic .try the ignition module