Honda Civic 98 Some "minor" issues

1998 HONDA CIVIC
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THEBIGNYDIZZLE
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Honda Civic 1998 LX Automatic 1.6 L. 145k. I had an engine installed a while back with only 45k miles on it. i recently had the car at a body shop to do some repairs to the front.
1st: My car idles in park at about 1500 rpms. Sometimes it jumps back and forth.
2nd: If i just tap the acceleration the car revs back and forthand the rps jump but it drives fine when i accelerate it more.
3rd: This started happening but somethime when i am at a red light for more then 30 seconds, when i push the gas, it revs but it takes about 3 seconds to start moving.
Sep 20, 2007 at 5:51 PM
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BRUCE HUNT
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i am going to address 1 and 2. The idle being erratic i would advise you to check these things;

Idle Air Control valve
Air in the cooling system
Vacuum leak
Vacuum leak at the intake manifold
EGR valve problem

Start looking there.
Sep 20, 2007 at 6:19 PM
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