My Fit is sputtering @ idle so now I'm at Honda waiting for the results.....

 

really!!!!


You just remind me to go over to Honda to pick stuff too....

 

Damn SUCKS!!!...What bad luck this week...I had a slab leak at my house too...

 

Kenny, How many miles do you have on the car?
Hope it's nothing serious.

 

I have a little over 65k but they said that they couldn't duplicate the condition so I pretty much have to live with it until it breaks in front of them to see....

I've read on some forums that water in the gas tank can cause this?????

 

What are the symptoms?

 

You're sitting on idle and you car shakes like the engine is going to die...But it only did die once since this started last Sunday...

 

Here is an easy and cheep fix.
Go to Pep Boys and pick up a bottle of Red Line Fuel system cleaner. It REALLY works!
It costs around $8.00
The bottle will normally treat 100 gallons but since you are having problems I would use half of the bottle of maybe even the whole bottle. It WILL NOT hurt your car.
I measure out enough for a tank full every oil change. What a difference it has made! Keeps the injectors clean and cleans up the rest of the fuel system too.

Another thing could be a fouled plug or an oxygen sensor that is going bad but I think at 65K you got some bad gas and it is just a dirty injector.

 

I will definitely give it a shot..Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know if it fixed it.

 

ughh everyone has problems with their cars! i needa go back to ealer monday hopefully haha

 

Took car to Honda for tuneup/15k maintenance. $550!

$300 for the tuneup and I already need new brake pads

 

Yea OEM break pads on the Fit are not the world greatest pads....I replace my at 14k plus I break my fit as a F1 car! LoL

go out pick up some ceramic pads and resurface your rotor and then will last for long time! or more then 15k

 

i just bought a set of Hawk ceramic pads from a local FFreak, i have yet to install it but after all the reviews i've been reading i'd expect it to be a HUGE improvement over stock


in other news, check out my berfday cake!

i'm a nerd

 

^thats so cool! yu just gave mee a great idea. hahaha

 

hmm i brake super slow-piss other people off behind me cuz i brake like 50 feet early! haha so i believe my brakes are still pretty good.

also, me and my sister JUST tore her throttle apart on her RSX-S a few weeks ago, her car would also intermittently do the same, but it was worse since hers was manual! It would stall while in neutral when driving so braking required "Heel-toe" to keep the engine alive.

There were lots of DIYs on removing this 1 sensor inside the throttle and cleaning it with some kind of intake spray or something from autozone... Damn it i forgot what all of it was called but once we sprayed it (we took off the sensor) TONS of black crap came out of it and she cleaned off the inside with cotton swabs too. Needless to say no more idle dying issues

 

I love it!!!!

 

i want!!!!!!!!!!!

btw i remember posting about call of duty in here a few days back i changed my tag to iRockVNecks <-- i like it haha

 

 

woohooo whats up guys! i have the weird idleing problem sometimes too idk what to do haha i need a tune up to but i dont wanna get ripped off ya know?

 

yoo check out my post up thur for idle fix! it's worth a try! it worked for my sis' RSX-S