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Old 10-05-2006, 09:46 PM
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my uncle's 91 accord would make weird noises from the engine everytime he puts the car into park or something
he had the mechanic clean out something in the engine, but he doesnt know the name of the part(s) that got cleaned out
what part in the engine would need this maintence to fix that breathing problem?
 
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Old 10-06-2006, 05:07 PM
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A squirrel?[sm=yikesomg.gif] That's a tough one......
 
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Old 10-06-2006, 08:48 PM
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could it be that he got a 25K service. cause when i got mine done they cleaned the throttle body. Maybe that could be it?
 
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Old 10-06-2006, 09:41 PM
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its not 25k service cause hes got over 100k, but it could be the throttle body....
does air pass through that?
and what other parts have air passing through besides that...
so far i can think of intake, headers, and ...
 
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Old 10-07-2006, 03:59 AM
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I am gonna agree with Fenix about the throttle body. This is where the air enters into the head and then into the engine after passing through the air filter etc. If the throttle body gets gummed up it can effect how the car runs very easily. I highly doubt that that the echuast manifold (header where applicable) is what they would clean out.
 
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Old 10-07-2006, 12:32 PM
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ORIGINAL: thunder_x

my uncle's 91 accord would make weird noises from the engine

let's start with the type of noise ..............
 
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Old 10-08-2006, 03:14 PM
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alright, the noise would be like...
someone breathing really hard after running a marathon, can you guys picture your car doing that?
you can literally hear the sound going up and down
 
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Old 10-08-2006, 06:20 PM
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check for a air leak along your intake path. Might be a loose air filter housing
 
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