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Old 11-04-2005, 01:12 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Lol, its a luv hate relationship. CEL lights are ghey. Most of the times the fixes arent too hard. I know what ya mean about the o2 sensors. I have now had 4 different codes for essentially the same fn problem, my secondary o2 sensor.

I seem to have some kind of magic touch with broken things. It doesn't matter what. Computers, electronics, even cars. Something goes wrong, I open it up, look at it, dust some things off, close it up and it works fine again. I had a cel go off in my car the other day, I looked it up in the book, looked up the location in my Helms, opened the hood, stared at the part for a few minutes, then closed the hood and Voila! no more cel. I've been doing that for years with people's computers. Open the case, touch here, tap there, yada yada yada. No problems afterwards.
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I seem to have some kind of magic touch with broken things. It doesn't matter what. Computers, electronics, even cars. Something goes wrong, I open it up, look at it, dust some things off, close it up and it works fine again. I had a cel go off in my car the other day, I looked it up in the book, looked up the location in my Helms, opened the hood, stared at the part for a few minutes, then closed the hood and Voila! no more cel. I've been doing that for years with people's computers. Open the case, touch here, tap there, yada yada yada. No problems afterwards.

will you come stare at my cylinder for a minute or 2?
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Old 11-04-2005, 10:10 AM   #23 (permalink)
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i prefer knowing how to fix things rather then relying on magic. but im with you lilredlude for sure lol, after 3 motors im having issues with oil leaks, distributor, alternator, oil pump...ive just about lost it.
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Old 11-04-2005, 10:35 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I hate my car too....oh wait we are talking about preludes....yeah I mean I hate my Pontiac Vibe...
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I hate my car too....oh wait we are talking about preludes....yeah I mean I hate my Pontiac Vibe...
i would hate that too. avis made me rent one once. its very uncomfortable. i gave it back the next day and got something else
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I seem to have some kind of magic touch with broken things. It doesn't matter what. Computers, electronics, even cars. Something goes wrong, I open it up, look at it, dust some things off, close it up and it works fine again. I had a cel go off in my car the other day, I looked it up in the book, looked up the location in my Helms, opened the hood, stared at the part for a few minutes, then closed the hood and Voila! no more cel. I've been doing that for years with people's computers. Open the case, touch here, tap there, yada yada yada. No problems afterwards.

a song comes to mind "you've got the magic touch.. wooo ooo ooo.. which makes me..." you get the point

after my lude started giving me a lot more headaches, i hated her too.. luckily my parents saw that it was a useless battle and now i have a real sports car
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Old 11-04-2005, 11:29 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'm gonna go look this weekend for another car, how much the dealership will give me on a trade-in, and what my best option is... this car is giving me too many headaches. Hopefully I'll soon be one of those owners that can say it hurt to get rid of the lude, but it hurt more keeping her.
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I bought a Prelude over an Eclipse GST because I didn't want to deal with the problems, but I've had my share too.. Autotensioner, primary o2 sensor, rear brake caliper seized, crappy oem clutch, shock knock, leaky clutch master cylinder, and now repeated misfiring. It hasn't cost me that much to fix everything though and it's an easy car to work on. It's still a good car, I figure it will last me beyond 200k once I get this new problem sorted out. I think most of us get the same typical problems, every car has it's share of gremlins.
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very true. although i wouldnt say its an EASY car to work on. it could be more complicated dont get me wrong, but pull the motor our THEN tell me its easy lol. easy to work on if you have a lift maybe...
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how can i tell for sure if its a plug wire? the wires to teh other cylanders are to short to reach to #1
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i hate too... i'm going back to stock...
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i hate too... i'm going back to stock...
i am stock
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Old 11-04-2005, 07:53 PM   #33 (permalink)
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i am stock
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Old 11-04-2005, 08:27 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Maybe your car is crying for FI? It's just trying to get your attention to mod it some more.
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Old 11-05-2005, 09:47 AM   #35 (permalink)
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cel misfire cylinder 1 can means bad plugs n wires...


my Vw threw codes of mis firing in 1/ 3 change the plugs everything gone..

all the problem u listed is all maintance issuse so is not really problems...
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but it was all done 6 monhts ago, new plat. plugs and new wires
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^^When I had a misfire during smog, I didn't think it would be the plugs because I had just changed the sparkplug wires 6 months ago also. Well, for the hell of it, I changed the wires and got some iridiums. Sold to car and the new owner took it to smog and it passed. I have no clue how 6 month old wires can go bad but they did. It's worth a shot if you need to pass smog, but if it's just misfiring once in a while, I would just ignore it.

Of course, could it be a bent valve that is causing the misfire? That's what the mechanic told me but I doubted that because I had a compression check about 3 months prior and it came back okay.

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i ordered some new wires, i swapped the plugs to differnt cyl. and i got the misfire in teh same #1 i'll see when the wires and cap come in if that fixes it. i have a loose plan of moving the injectors around, but i'm not sure if i'm gonna do that. unless the shop i left it at did something to bend a valve, i've shifted at 3k for the last 3 monhts due to other cels and not wanting to beat it while cel was on - and the misfire started the other day.....
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Old 11-05-2005, 01:51 PM   #39 (permalink)
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im with you.

its not justified....all the money i could have saved for a condo
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face it, after every certain number of miles, every car will give you problems. Plus, you should be grateful you have a nice 5th gen Prelude. There are some people out there with crappy cars or people who dont even have cars. No one told you to mod your car. You did it at your own volition. Dont hate your car, just be grateful your driving a Prelude.

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