1990 Acura Integra Car trouble

Tiny
TANENATBINDER
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  • 1990 ACURA INTEGRA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 207,000 MILES
I have a few questions about my car. First and formost there is a black liquid that blows out the tail pipe, it looks like oil. I was wondering what that could be caused from? Also when the car is in drive it shakes a lot and shuts off when I stop for a short period of time, what could be the cause of the car shutting off when it's in drive but when I'm driving it stays running and when I stop I have to put the car in nuetral so it wont shut off on me? What could the cause of the engine shaking a lot and shutting off?
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 AT 8:41 AM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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Hi tanenatbinder,

1. The black liquid could be water + carbon + a bit of oil.

2. The engine idling is too low or it is running on unequal cylinder power.

Get a tune up done and clean the throttle body with carb cleaner and it should be ok, unless there is something wrong with the engine.
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Friday, June 20th, 2008 AT 7:55 AM

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