Multiple problems with Prelude 92 H23! - Honda Prelude Forum

levity · 07-18-2011, 03:02 PM

Okei, i have been looking for answers in all big norwegian forums, but i nobody can help me with...

I bought me a Honda Prelude 1992 2,3l last week and was very pleased with it until i did start finding problems.

Anyways. The last owner had changed distributor and got the valves adjusted, but after that there have been some problems.

Problem.1
I was driving to work last week when the car suddenly died. This did happen two times that day, but not again. The problems is that when i push the clutch the rpm some times drops down to 200 before jumping up to 700-800rpm. The engine have nearly stalled sometimes because of that and i'm starting to get pissed at it. The last owner didn't have this problems before the car got it's valves adjusted after that it's another story...

I went back to the workshop where it was adjusted and told them about the problem. They said that i might have been the distributor that haven been adjusted (last owner did mounted it). So they did check it and they found it to be 25degrees instead of 15, so they adjusted it and the car did seem fine. later today when i was driving home the same thing append again. It did drop down to 200rpm and nearly died.

So can please someone tell me what to do? I have also changed the spark-plugs today.

Problem.2
I did notice that my steering wheel is off some degrees to the left. The car is not pulling to any side, but to drive straight forward the steering wheel needs to be a little to the left. The upper control arm (if that's the right name) have been changed, can this be the problem?

Problem.3
Okei, this is really getting on my nerves. I got this thumping from all my wheels i think?! At the garage they found that the right Front / Rear Tower Bar was damaged so i had to buy new ones. Thats ok.

But i do also got this thumping noise from the left front and rear tires. In the front the sound comes and goes, not often but it feels like it's coming from somewhere around the foot rest. I have changed the driveknot(?) and checked the tower bar and the rest and there is nothing to find with pulling on them. Btw: Did read some place that the thumping sound from the back wheels can be from a production error in the shock absorber, is this true?

Please somebody help me! Want to get this beautiful machine in tip-top shape.

Sorry for any bad english...

Regard.

j-lyons · 07-18-2011, 04:34 PM

dang man... im not sure about much to say... but if you distributor is turned a little it will cause it to do that... cause its like a tooth and can be put in upside down with some force.. and about the 2nd problem have you seen about an alignment?? the control arms might be a little cockeyed. and 3rd problem grease the front end and see if that does it

levity · 07-18-2011, 04:43 PM

Well they did fix the distributor and the ignition at the workshop today, so i don't think that's the problem.

The upper was changed not so long ago, mby it was to aligned...

I can try to grease it, the only problem is that i have to do it on everything.. because i don't have any clue where it's coming from

But do you know if it's true that there was a production error with the back springs on the lude?

jkoni426 · 07-19-2011, 10:48 AM

Problem 1 could be the valves were adjusted too tight, or you have a dirty IACV. There's a diy for cleaning the IACV somewhere, it's not difficult.

Problem 2 is most likely due to an alignment where they didn't center the steering wheel before doing it.

Problem 3 could be you need to get your wheels balanced or you have some bent suspension components maybe.