Civic 1996-2000 Owners & Fan Club

[usamajaved0343]

@hasankhurshid29 No I don't think it was the original honda timing belt. Car is petrol only. Backfires started after some issue with head gasket and it was replaced almost a year ago.. It was not a good workshop and i regret trusting that guy.. The backfires started gradually.. At first the car would just hesitate while accelerating like in 2nd gear from 1000 to 2500 rpms but then would gain back power and worked fine.. I used it like that as no mechanic near me coulf figure out whats wrong.. It started idling badly vibrating a lot got ecu repaired from bilal ganj but no good.. Then backfires began not in 1st gear but in 2nd gear and the car would go ok once above 2000 rpms.. It was running rich af like 5 km/l and smell of unburned fuel from exhaust.. Last month it started overheating.. i suspected water pump to be the problem as there woulf be coolant in reservoit full but boiling and steaming.. Replaced radiator fan the radiator cap but 3 days ago i went to check if it overheats still.. and the car overheated i heard sound of something breaking and engine just shut off wont start..

[usamajaved0343]

Wow u do know him He called khalid and ikraam yesterday for the rates and i guess the both said it would cost about 175000 to 185000
Help me out man please..

[Hassan1991]

A wild guess
Let me pm you number of a shopkeeper call him yourself for a quote. He's trustworthy.

[moizkhalid1]

AOA.
My honda has a rpm problem now after i fixed the IAC valve.
I changed the ECU from P6F to P2J as my engine is D15B.
The Old ECU had IAC valve problem.
But now After changing the ECU, my car's rpms at idle are bouncing between 1000 and 2000 continuously.
there is no problem on CNG, but on petrol, the rpms fluctuate.
Anybody has any experience with this kind of problem,?

[hasankhurshid29]

Firstly its better to get cng removed. You will have difficulty to set the car on both cng and petrol. In long run, cng will damage your engine also.
Secondly is the thermostat valve installed and the radiator fan is auto? Please confirm this
If thats ok then you may have a air leak or some problem with iacv valve.
Is the car auto or manual? Is it the d15b non vtec or dual vtec?

[moizkhalid1]

It is dual vtec d15b
The car is manual
The ecu is of automatic variant.
The fan is auto and thermostat is installed.
Everything else is fine
Just rpm fluctuation issue

[hasankhurshid29]

The car is manualThe ecu is of automatic variant.

Means you have automatic ecu with a manual car? This means you have 2 pin iacv but ecu is for 3 pin iacv

[highroller]

In search of this distributor

[moizkhalid1]

Yes but i have attached a secondary iac to the ecu and it is perfectly fine with it.. no check light...
The fluctuation issue is somewhat solved as i changed the head gasket yesterday which was a bit leak before.. but the rpms are not completely stable yet

[hasankhurshid29]

What do you mean by secondary iacv?

[moizkhalid1]

Another iac valve hanged inside the dashboard to trick the computer

[hasankhurshid29]

This is not the correct way I think. That's causing the rpm issue.

[moizkhalid1]

Yes me too...ill change the iac to the proper one to see if there is any difference

[kashif91ahmed]

What's the life of axle boots, mine just run 2 months and when i damaged & need to replace the boots and some inner parts repair.
What's the average life of boots in Karachi city, I know the roads are really bad due which damage these part quickly. Also tell me what's the pro tip for keep the axle, jump and bushes for long time.

[hasankhurshid29]

Mine got ruptured in 20 kms after installing new boots. But mechanic replace it in warranty and now its working fine. One thing for bushes is preload the suspension before tightening the bushes which I haven't seen being done here

[aziz.rehan]

Ur mechanic must have overfilled the boot with grease.It takes 90 grams of cv joint grease(can be bought in market and has 90 grams written on it) and boot should not have air inside.If boot got recently damaged replace it asap as without cv joint will wear out and u will have to replace it.Also don't let the guys at service station spray diesel or oil under the car as it damages rubber components faster.

[kashif91ahmed]

Thanks @hasankhurshid29 @aziz.rehan.
Do anyone know best suspension guy.

[aziz.rehan]

And use good quality boots

[aziz.rehan]

City?

[kashif91ahmed]

Karachi