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    ok i have an issue,ok my sister has a 95 civic ex with a d15b auto tranny,her car is loosing power,when you floor it it slowly pics up speed ans starts stuttering,so i took out the fuel pressure gauge out of my DA and put it in her car pressure is fine.Distibutor is fine new spark plugs,oil filter and the car has no cel's what can it be???
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    do a compression test, good numbers?, then needs a better tune up. bad numbers? well, no point in asking then

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    timing

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    Quote Originally Posted by j0nbunklah0m View Post
    timing
    or that, slipped my mind

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    thanks guys ima check that now
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    timing x2....
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    check timing and report back
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    Quote Originally Posted by D3UC3S View Post
    check timing and report back
    X2, but purple power can be correct to (compression test)

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    So you drive a honda and it has no power.....I dont see a problem?









    LOL sorry, coudlnt help it Goodluck!
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    Actually it doesn't say anything about his car not having power.

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    i wouldn't say the timing just yet. but i wouldn't rule it out. try the compression test first and see what the numbers say.

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    i say if it does not turn out to be timing...look inside the dizzy cap...and examine the dizzy again


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    Quote Originally Posted by FlipKing View Post
    So you drive a honda and it has no power.....I dont see a problem?









    LOL sorry, coudlnt help it Goodluck!
    i was thinking the same thing
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    And I do drive a Miata, so I am gayer than a three dollar bill...

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    my ef is doin the same thing,just found out its the vss.....
    yes i am....

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    Quote Originally Posted by THEONE View Post
    my ef is doin the same thing,just found out its the vss.....
    you shouldnt have a vss in an ef...
    Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
    And I do drive a Miata, so I am gayer than a three dollar bill...

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    a bad wire possibly

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    Quote Originally Posted by slostang View Post
    you shouldnt have a vss in an ef...
    thats what i was thinkin but i was told a code 17 or 17 flases on the ecu was a vss

    it acts like a vss when i had one go bad in my old s-10
    yes i am....

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    have u done a valve clearance adjustment(to proper specs)...
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    How do you know the dizzy is fine? DId you put new/good plug wires on it?
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