1992 Honda Civic car problem

JOHN_THAO

MEMBER
1992 HONDA CIVIC
4 CYL
FWD
MANUAL
128,000 MILES

My 92 honda civic started to act up, like it chokes and the idle drops low, but never shuts down. I replaced the o2 snsor, injectors, fuel filter, disturbutor, tune up, and checked for vaccums for leaks. LEven put in a working engine and engine computer, but still does the same thing. When it shakes and wobbles, it seens like every thing loses power. The volt meter reads at 14.5v when don't shake and 12.4v when it shakes. I tested all power wires and when it shakes and wobbles everthing drops about 2 volts. The car feels like it's about to die, but idles slowly right back to normal for a couple of minutes the does it again. Checked engine harness and ecu and everthing has power. Only thing I haven't change is the fuel pump, and alternator. Every senor on the car has been replaced including map sensor and TPS and thorttle body.

Any help
Thanks
John

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JOEYMQUINNY

MEMBER
2 POSTS

I would say it is more than likely your alternator. It will eventually just shut off. Or the wire harness. Get them to check the wire harness first. It's a lot cheaper to fix and that way they can't say you need a new alternator and charge you for one when all they needed to fix was a $2 fuse.