honda check engine light

1991 HONDA CIVIC
185,000 MILES • 4 CYL
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FUTURE156
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my honda civic hatchback 1991 check engine light comes on and the car starts when i downshift to a lower gear or go really fast however it doesn't do this every time only when i go to fast if the check engine light comes on and i turn the car off the check engine light goes off and it acts as if its back to normal as soon as i accelerate to fast again or rmp it at 5 in first gear check engine light comes back on what might be the problem?
Mar 11, 2011 at 5:00 AM
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KHLOW2008
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The next shows how to retrieve the trouble code to understand what is wrong.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/honda-car-1990-1995-obd1-code-retrieval-procedure-and-definition-table
May 19, 2021 at 2:19 PM
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