1998 Honda Civic P0302 Trouble Code

Tiny
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1998 Honda Civic 4 cyl Automatic 82000 miles

I have a 1998 Civic LX. A couple of days ago I noticed the car running sluggish and at times it seemed like it would die when idling at a stoplight. Soon after, the CEL came on. The code it showed was P0302. I drove the car to my local mechanic, about 5 miles (10 minutes) away. He reset the CEL and drove the car 8 miles, no code! He inspected the plugs, wires, cap, rotor and all was fine. He thought it could be a one-off drop a water in the fuel injector since it has been extremely wet and snowy here. I drove the car home 5 miles, no light. A day later I started the car and the CEL came on again, again with the same P0302 code. I drove the car for about 10 minutes and reset the code, and just like the day before, no CEL for my ride home. It seems that the misfire is not taking place when it warms up, but what could be the problem when the car is not "warm"?
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 AT 2:49 PM

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Tiny
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Has a tune up ever been done or did he just inspect the parts? That age/mileage it should have all tune up parts repalced. Could be a bad wire or injector, start with the tune up and go from there.
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 AT 9:08 AM
Tiny
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No, he just inspected the parts. One more thing I just noticed today. There is a substantial leak in the exhaust where the intermediate pipe connects to the muffler pipe. Could this be causing the sluggishness and could this leak possibly be related to the P0302 code?
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 AT 8:56 PM
Tiny
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No, is would have to be near the oxygen sensor to make a difference in performance. Start basic, tune it up with OEM parts and get back to me on how it runs
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Monday, December 24th, 2007 AT 7:46 AM

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