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HONDA CIVIC
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MENDOZA555
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I have a 00 Civic EX, manual trans, 128K miles. I've got no acceleration on the car anymore...Whenever I put the car into gear it takes way too long to get up to speed to switch gears again. This is the case with 1st-2nd...2nd-3rd...3rd-4th gear. After I hit about 50mph the acceleration is back and I've got no problems switching into 5th when I get to speed. What kind of issues am I facing here?
May 30, 2007 at 1:15 PM
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BRUCE HUNT
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Might be timing but it could be plug wire problem as well.
Does it run smoothly and idle fine?
May 31, 2007 at 1:41 PM
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MENDOZA555
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Idles fine at just under 1000 and seems to run smoothly.
May 31, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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