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Old 10-23-2008, 10:35 PM
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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?
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Default Re: gsr surging a cold start

ew, bad gas/water in the tank maybe? did thick smoke come from the exhaust?
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Old 10-24-2008, 07:30 AM
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Default Re: gsr surging a cold start

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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?
try cleaning the idle air control valve.
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yea clean the iacv and throttle body.
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Default 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
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Default Re: gsr surging a cold start

Originally Posted by bsershatch
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..

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Old 10-24-2008, 09:03 PM
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Default 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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