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bsershatch

10-23-2008 10:35 PM

gsr surging a cold start

the other day i went out to start my car, it fired fine, but surged then cut out, fired right back up surged until the car got warm, its been doing this for the last 2 days...,what could cause this problem?

temp2

10-23-2008 11:54 PM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

ew, bad gas/water in the tank maybe? did thick smoke come from the exhaust?

94jdmgsr

10-24-2008 07:30 AM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsershatch (Post 4635398)

try cleaning the idle air control valve.

DCvtec

10-24-2008 08:28 AM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

yea clean the iacv and throttle body.

bsershatch

10-24-2008 08:54 PM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

only does it at start up, couldnt be the iacv, no cel and i just replaced less than a month ago....car idles fine when coolant temp gets up, only does when cold

94jdmgsr

10-24-2008 09:00 PM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsershatch (Post 4638769)

only does it at start up, couldnt be the iacv, no cel and i just replaced less than a month ago....car idles fine when coolant temp gets up, only does when cold

Try the fast idle valve under the throttle body then.Just remove the two screws on the valve and there is a spring you will need to tighten using a flat head screwdriver..

94jdmgsr

10-24-2008 09:03 PM

Re: gsr surging a cold start

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1564019
heres a link to kinda guide you through.

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