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Honda idle problems

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  • #466310
    KevanKevan
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      OK so I am a new subscriber to Eric’s video’s. Love them, very informative. I like to do things myself and save $$. My 96 Civic EX had a rad leak months back and overheated really bad. I bought a new rad and installed it. No overheating now. I have heat when I want it too. MY idle jumps up and down regularly between 900 and 1800 rpm. I bought a no spill funel and burped the radiator as per Eric’s instructions and lots of bubbles came out. The only thing I didn’t do was open the bleeder valve because I cannot find it. All the videos online of civics and other honda’s are of engines which have the throttle body facing to the passenger side. My car has the throttle body facing upwards. I checked inside the distributor cap for oil, nothing. I cleaned the throttle body, I checked the coolant for oil, nothing. I checked the oil for coolant, nothing. I did a cylinder power test and all good. I need to know where the coolant bleeder valve is so I can purge the air and stop the bouncing idle. Also I am pretty sure the iacv and fast idle valve are under the air filter housing which sits on top of the throttle body but I can’t figure out how to take of that air filter housing to access it all. Anyone have any tips? Thanks.

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      EricTheCarGuy 1EricTheCarGuy
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        Can you post what the codes you’re getting now?

        #473913
        college mancollege man
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          Can you also post a picture of the sensor in question?

          #474133
          KevanKevan
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            I don’t have a code scanner yet but here are some pics. Sensor which sits on the side of the throttle body.

            #474424
            KevanKevan
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              I just learned that instead of pulling the radio 7.5 fuse under the hood, I can toggle the ignition on off on off on to reset the check engine light. I was told this also makes the light blink a few times to let you know the engine code but mine didn’t blink. Is there a step I’m missing?

              #474478
              college mancollege man
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                To reset the check engine light you can either disconnect
                the negative battery cable or pull the fuse. to read any codes
                for the cel here is a video on how to pull codes.

                #474529
                KevanKevan
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                  Very cool. I’ll do it this week and post an update. Thanks!:)

                  #474827
                  EricTheCarGuy 1EricTheCarGuy
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                    Cycling the key does nothing to get codes or clear them on a Honda, that’s a Jeep. You can however use the above video to pull the codes. The explanations of the codes are on the ‘Codes’ page of this website, just type them in and they will come up, or you can use the search function on the Codes page itself.

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