skyline

Whats wrong ? My car has done it again ! Right after ignition, the rpms just wnt right down and barely able to keep 500??? whats wrong ? I tried few times.. and tried after driving, and ignite again, whats wrong ? Anthing seroius ?

aaron

did you just wash it and suck water in the intake???

Achance

maybe bad gas? are you using a no-name brand and are you using premium?

skyline

Well, I did drove through car wash the other night, but nothing happened the next morning! I drove the next morning, and it was fine. Happened when i drove home in the afternoon. Hmm.. so what if it was from the intake.. does this damage the engine ?

skyline

well, i have always been consistent using 89 octane.. and never had problem like that.. i just filled up though, along with the wash.. could be the bad gas ??? really ?? sht...

astro

why on earth would you drive your car thru a car wash in the first place, let alone with a CAI...do you at least have a bypass valve?

skyline

Hey astro, my cdn bro..

Well, u know toronto can be really salty on the roads.. and my condo complex don't have washing grouds.. so to protect my babe cl.. i drive through esso touchless seomtimes.. is it really bad ?? btw, i don't have intake, how sad @

so what else can be wrong ??? the rpm is low and shakes like hell !

Satin Slayer

I have the same problem. Last week, I went to a hand carwash(Pitlane CW in Richmond) and it stalled on me when I started the engine after the guys finished the exterior. I couldn't figure it out. And, every once in a while at the carwash, it would idle at a very low rpm with the car shaking as if it's about to stall...but, this was the first instance where it actually did....hmmm

-I do have the by-pass valve
-I always use Chevron 92 premium...once in a blue moon 94
-Can't be the pulleys...everything was turned off including the stereo.

Stupid thought, but would spraying cold water through the grill directly at the radiator contribute to the stalling? When I was a kid, I used to wash my mom's Oldsmobile. I sprayed water directly into the grill for a few minutes. Afterwards, it wouldn't start till the morning after.

Satin Slayer

Could it be that idle control valve watchamicallit thingy? There was mention of low idle/stalling in a previous thread. Could this be it?

skyline...you're one brave soul. I'd rather take it to a hand car wash and deal with swirl marks and buff out the faint scratch marks afterwards. Those "touchless" car washes can be worse on the paint. They use high pressure water jets...strong enough to peel away at the paint in areas where there are scratches and/or chips. I used to own a BMW. I took it through a touchless car wash once. Came out and took a look where I had scratches and chips. Car looked clean...but the scratches were deeper and the chips were larger than before.

Nicky Pass

There is a fuel pressure regulator recall....I got mine done in december.....The Problem is GONE!!!!!!!

Satin Slayer

Whhaa?!? RECALL??? or just a service bulletin?

skyline

satinslayer.. REAlly.. I thought touchless were better than those ones with cloth tihngy.. but ok, maybe i wo'nt go.. GEEZ.. Just too hard to wash cars here in Toronto, I used to live in Vancouver, and its nice and easy to do it.

I would guess its the fuel regulator thing, my friend once told me this.."all acura cars, whenever u ignite, remember to turn the key to the last SECOND position where all the check lights will go on ? and wait for three second after all the check light go off, and ignite. Without doing this.. your car will feel having difficulty in ignition." is that true ?


BTW, should i worry about this if its starting ok ?

Nicky Pass

It was a service bulliten........SORRY. I had the same problem, I took it to the dealer, and it was fixed in 2 hours.

Satin Slayer

Well, if your paint job is perfect, then it should be alright. But, if you have scratches or chips, I would imagine that the paint around that area would be weaker(since the structural integrity...haha too much star trek...would be compromised).

Not this winter, though. We had snow on the ground until just last week...still kind of cold right now.

GOT PSI?

skyline > try using 92 or higher octane, check your air filter. maybe a ECM problem? if all fails, just bring it back to the dealer.