Hello everyone first post on this forum, coming from the club xterra forum
would like to say I tried searching for some solutions but still confused as what it needs to fix this particular issue. so ill start with some context
bought a 91 crx si with the original motor, and for the most part it would turn on and stay on rather well, old owner stated it ran "a bit rich"
First three weeks were solid motor wise, despite the idle going down for a second then coming back up quickly, it pretty much never died, unless i stalled it because i suck
FRIDAY- While leaving college in the morning, somebody throws a tangerine at my windshield (don't ask why), so i peel out pretty hard, not a clutch dump, but pretty close, i lost traction. Car ran normally and never really died. Later that night while driving up to LA, i noticed a bogging, detonation, misfire? sound while the motor was under any load, not catastrophic, but noticeable. The on the way back to OC, same thing happens. during warmup, it drives beautifully, but once hot it bogs a bit.
SATURDAY- Heading back up to LA to a friends house to install a hybrid racing short shifter, bogs/misfires/detonates? even worse than it did on Friday (after warmup), didn't die on freeway because i kept up the speed. it only died when i got off the freeway. It would not even hold idle anymore. Temperature was good, had plenty of fuel, just was not running right. Limp it to the house and find out it threw code 3 for the map
SUNDAY- we put an ebay MAP on it and it still runs really badly, it then threw the code for the EACV, which we proceeded to clean with carb cleaner. attempted to do idle relearn, but it just isn't happy when the car gets hot(not driving) especially when the fan turns on for the radiator, it basically kills it at idle
My friends are pretty competent mechanics, but the car is fooling us and not giving us any clues we could put together. Just wanted to hear what yall think the issue could be. I was thinking it hooped the timing tooth but that seems unlikley, but at this point ill try anything out
Thank you very much, i look forward to posting more on the forum
