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04-07-2003, 05:18 PM

I have a d16a6 1.6L in my 89 civic hatchback, when i try to go above 5,000RPM all it will do is sputter, and it acts like it wont do it!, but when i go downhill it seems to go at a higher RPM like 6,000 or close to it! I have changed the fuel filter, plugs, distributor, and put injector cleaner in it,and it is not a blown head gasket!, and there are no codes on the ECU! what else could be wrong with it?? Someone help me out here!

Wren57 · 04-07-2003, 07:23 PM

Hey. You are from memphis too, very cool. My girlfriend has the same problem in her 98 jeep cherokee. The only other thing wrong with her car is the transmission isn't all that great from being shifted into drive while still slowly rolling in reverse

. So... my guess is it is a ecu safeguard that won't let you put strain on the tranny since its bad or going bad. Just a guess. Good luck with fixing it.

04-07-2003, 09:28 PM

this happened to my friends mote-carlo. it all of a sudden happened one day but was fixed after a day in the shop. the re-adjusted the timing and reset the entire computer. IT essentially fixed itself as you drove it and it re-learned idle speeds ect...

04-09-2003, 11:03 PM

yea, try disconnecting both the coords (cause i dunno which one it is) from the battery, and reconnecting them...thereby restarting the computer, and adjusting all the settings for everything....good luck

drdingo21 · 04-10-2003, 01:01 AM

you can pull the fuse out of the main fise box for the ecu (leave it out for about 10 minutes) and then put it back in and that will reset it also

04-10-2003, 10:06 AM

just reset the ECU and let it realearn itsself if you aren't throwing codes, it's pretty simple.

04-10-2003, 11:47 AM

if the rest of ths does not work then you have a bad ecm!!!

i have run into this prblem before!!!

04-07-2003, 05:18 PM	#1
89civichatchback Posts: n/a	Engine will not redline I have a d16a6 1.6L in my 89 civic hatchback, when i try to go above 5,000RPM all it will do is sputter, and it acts like it wont do it!, but when i go downhill it seems to go at a higher RPM like 6,000 or close to it! I have changed the fuel filter, plugs, distributor, and put injector cleaner in it,and it is not a blown head gasket!, and there are no codes on the ECU! what else could be wrong with it?? Someone help me out here!

04-07-2003, 07:23 PM	#2
Wren57 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Age: 38 Posts: 2,856	Hey. You are from memphis too, very cool. My girlfriend has the same problem in her 98 jeep cherokee. The only other thing wrong with her car is the transmission isn't all that great from being shifted into drive while still slowly rolling in reverse . So... my guess is it is a ecu safeguard that won't let you put strain on the tranny since its bad or going bad. Just a guess. Good luck with fixing it. __________________ yeah, its that big

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04-07-2003, 09:28 PM	#3
burtonperson Posts: n/a	this happened to my friends mote-carlo. it all of a sudden happened one day but was fixed after a day in the shop. the re-adjusted the timing and reset the entire computer. IT essentially fixed itself as you drove it and it re-learned idle speeds ect...

04-09-2003, 11:03 PM	#4
OPAKRACING Posts: n/a	yea, try disconnecting both the coords (cause i dunno which one it is) from the battery, and reconnecting them...thereby restarting the computer, and adjusting all the settings for everything....good luck

04-10-2003, 01:01 AM	#5
drdingo21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Age: 41 Posts: 1,642	you can pull the fuse out of the main fise box for the ecu (leave it out for about 10 minutes) and then put it back in and that will reset it also

04-10-2003, 10:06 AM	#6
JDMB16 Posts: n/a	just reset the ECU and let it realearn itsself if you aren't throwing codes, it's pretty simple.

04-10-2003, 11:47 AM	#7
chahonda Posts: n/a	if the rest of ths does not work then you have a bad ecm!!! i have run into this prblem before!!!