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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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Last night my engine started to act weird...it would nearly stall when I came to a stop...down to 400-500 RPM...then it would go back to around 900-1000 RPM. Each time I rev'd the engine and let it go back to idle...it would do the same thing...stumble down to 400-500 RPM and then back to 900-1000 RPM. I did a search on S2KI for the problem and found this links:

Reset ECU AND MAP Whack

I'm going to try these and will post results. Hopefully, this will do the trick so I can avoid the hassle of taking the S to the Honda dealer.

If anyone else has any other suggestions on what to do please let me know.

I found this thread which is very interesting on different tech aspects for the S
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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i hope that works. i saw where they put carb cleaner in it and what not..looks interesting. i hope its nothing serious like exhaust problem. if we even have a cat?
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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you live near okc? i can look at it for you if you would like. i work at steve bailey honda and can probably fix it for pretty cheap
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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Check your throttle cable that you tighten. It might of come loose or you tighting it to much.
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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i noticed the same thing with mine. is it actually the throttle cable?
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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Buy a bottle of thorttle boddy cleaner clean you TB. If fixed my idle issues.
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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alright your back! nice pics..
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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Yep, will upload more soon.
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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I did the MAP whack and reset the ECU and it fix the idle issue. I think I wll clean the TB as well. Any suggestions on what to use???
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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The product is from a dodge dealer, called Mopar combustion chamber cleaner (I think that's it). You let the engine heat up, take the intake tube off the throttle-body, spray the whole can in while engine idles (stopping when needed to prevent engine from stalling), after can is empty stop the engine, let it sit for an hour or two, start it up letting it idle for 10 minutes or so, then drive aggressively for few miles to clean it out. (note that you'll have LOTS of smoke during this time, but that's appropriate).
maybe i duno..that was from the thread u gave me..someone said its also known as throttle body cleaner but someone might correct me.
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