Hello, my name is Chavez and I have a 93 honda accord 2.2 sohc that is hard to start...I have to pump on the gads to get it to start and stay on the gas til it warms up or it stalls out. Once warm I can shut car off and stat with no gas peddle. After first start up as it warms up I slowly lift foot off accelerator and the rpms drop below 1000 and will stall or will catch itself and idle up on its own. This is the same when I am in neutral and quick rev the motor and release the accelerator....I have replaced a lot of parts such as the main relay, the slow idle, and others. I hope someone has had the same issue and can offer a solution.
Thank you

 

Welcome to HAF.

I'll assume the CEL is not on and there are no stored codes in the ECU,

Make sure the tune up items are up to date. Next I would clean/adjust the IACV and FITV and see what you have from there......while there a good cleaning of the TB never hurts.

 

All tune up items are new and up to date....and the IACV has been cleaned with no change so it was replaced with a new one....the only code I have is 6 ( coolant temp high) and I can't get it to erase...I have pulled the fuse for the ecu and disconnected the battery both over night and still when power is restored that code remains....however I do notice that the car runs rich...

 

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I moved this from New Member over here to General Tech Help..have a great day

 

Appreciate the help

 

I am also considering a motor and trans swap...any suggestions

 

Search is your friend here,, tons of swap info on the interweb, a quick search provided 729,000 items,, good luck . searched honda vtec swap on google

 

Solve the code.

A code 6 is for the ECT, this tells the ECU the temp of the engine. So if the ECT is reading wrong you could have a cold start issue. Think of it this way - if the ECU thinks the engine is at normal op temp when it is actually cold....well all kinds of things will be off.

You will need to measure the resistance of the ECT at different temps to see if the ECT is bad. If it tests good, you'll need to follow "it up stream" - checking the connector at the ECT and then the wires at the ECU.

 

OK so my car has always had a problem starting it would take me pumping the gas peddle to get it to start and then I would have to hold the gas down until it warmed up. I think I have solved this problem.... I cleaned both the idle valves and replaced all the temp sensors and it now started without peddling the gas. Now it is onto solving a run rich problem. It smokes at idle and really smokes when I step on the gas....I did replace the head gasket so I will check for a leak on the intake manifold.....is there anything else I should check ? Just want then car running right before I make any upgrades.

 

So I caused my 93 accord to throw a code and went through the process of reading and removing those codes....I disconnected the negative cable from the battery and noticed that the dash lights were still on ( very dim but still on )....so I pulled the fuse for the ECU and the dash lights went off...when I reconnected the negative and fuse the new code was erased but the ECT code still remained....all temp sensors have been replaced and tested good so I'm thinking there's a short in the wire or in the ECU.... Any other suggestions?