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Good Evening,
Eric, thanks for the great timing belt video. It made the job on the 98 Accord very easy. I hand turned the engine after everything was together and the timing marks lined up perfectly. Went ahead and cleaned the throttle body as well, adjusted the valves, replaced the VTEC solenoid gasket (leaking) and replaced the spark plugs. Went to start it up and it fired right up….then shot to 5000 rpms and bounced back and forth between 4800-5000 rpms. I immediately shut it down. Tried it again with the same result. Went ahead and removed the throttle body and IACV from the engine and cleaned both thoroughly. Also checked for vacuum leaks but didn’t find any. I had coolant leak out during both the VTEC solenoid gasket replacement and the IACV removal. I filled it back up VERY slowly and have fluid coming out of the bleed screw. The car has 177K miles, so I’m thinking maybe cleaning the IACV messed it up. Its the original IACV, so it wouldn’t surprise if cleaning it would cause it to fail at this point. Would a failed IACV cause this problem? This is the first Honda I’ve ever worked on so I’m in uncharted territory. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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