Why is my cars RPM gauge idling?
I have a 1994 Honda Civic hatchback. Every time I turn on my car on a cold start, the car sounds accelerated and after about 40 seconds of waiting it begins to idle while being parked and while driving.
Now, I've cleaned out the air idle control valve, cleaned out the manifold, checked to see if there was any air in the cooling system, and also checked for any vacuum leaks. Let's keep in mind that I'm no mechanic and all of this that I've done came from research and advice from others who have had the same issue.
So I performed all of this and nothing. Now, I just recently had the issue where I turn on the car and it turns off on me. Lately it's also been smelling like gasoline after I drive the car or when I have my heater on. Could this possibly be related with any of the idling?
Please, any help or any of your knowledge would be very appreciated and helpful. Winter is coming and I need to have this car running at its best.
A fast idle on cold startup is NORMAL. There's NOTHING WRONG with your car. It's supposed to do that.
- Why is it that some husbands let their wives drive luxury cars while they drive ordinary cars? I've been observing some of my neighbors (one of them is a stay at home mom) and the husbands drive ordinary cars like Honda Accord or Honda Pilot. But the wives tend to drive luxury cars like Acura TSX or Acura RDX (some form of luxury car). What is the reason for this? Why do wives get to drive luxury cars while the husband drives ordinary car? I should say some of them. Its not a problem though but was only curious. The neighbors are Asians actually.
- Why does my 1997 crv RPM jumps up and down? My honda crv's rpm jumps up and down at random times on drive, park, or even when the engine is turned off. At the same time, the car would stall when driving (even at around 60-70+ mph) stepping on the car pedal and revving the car would stabilize the stalling. At low speed, 0-30mph, the car would stall and die. I can't figure out the problem! I bought new spark plugs, new distributor cap and coil (except the distributer itself) what can it be?
- Why is my gas gauge glitching? I have a 2004 Honda Civic, so when I went to fill up the gas tank a couple weeks ago, a few hours later, it was showing that I was halfway between full and half. Then it went back to normal a while later back at the full point. Then today, I was at the halfway point between half and empty. Then when I looked at it, it was showing that I was close to the gas light coming on and then when I looked again, it was back at the halfway point. What's the problem?
- Why doesn't my car gauge warning lights come on? Okay so I have a 97 Honda civic coupe and all of my gauge light works. But my check engine light, oil light, low gas, etc. Doesn't come on. What could be the problem?