99 Accord Rough Idle

LOU M

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1999 HONDA ACCORD

I have a 99 Accord LX automatic with 227,000 miles. I was leaving work this afternoon and got about 1/4 mile down the road and the car started to run extremely rough and the engine light came on. As I gave it a little more gas, it ran even worse. I pulled back into the parking lot at work and noticed a strong oder like rotten eggs. I'm getting exhaust out of the tail pipe. It's been running fine, no problems. I don't think that this has anything to do with it, but I replaced the battery and changed the oil on Sunday. Thanks for any help.

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BRUCE HUNT

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I do not think that what you did had anything to do with it. Now. The engine is telling you something with the codes of the check engine light. Get the codes for us.

Have you looked at the air filter in awhile? I can think of several things to try but get me the CEL codes. Thanks!

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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 AT 10:57 PM

LOU M

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I dropped the Accord off at the nearest Honda Dealer (I work 60 miles away from home). They told me that they read back engine codes P301 - P302 - P304 - Misfire Cylinders 1 - 2 - 4 and Code P1165 Oxygen Sensor Range Problem. They tried substituting some "Known Good" Sparkplugs and Wires that they had, and this fixed the problem. They recommended replacing the Plugs, Wires, Distributer Cap and Rotor. Seeing that I live so far away, I had them do the tune-up ($320, Ouch). It ran great all the way home. It seems hard to believe that 3 wires or 3 plugs would go bad at the same time. I would think that it would have been more like the Cap or the Rotor. Anyways, thanks for your help and Happy Holidays!

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Friday, December 22nd, 2006 AT 5:30 AM

BRUCE HUNT