1st Gear Help

Im not the smartest person when it comes to trying to figure out whats wrong with engines so i figured id post here and see if anyone could help me out but ]when i push the pedal every now and then from a dead stop my car will NOT accelerate like its suppose to. actually its not even first gear its ALL gears. its like itll accelerate rreeaalllll slow then get to aboutt 4000 rpm and start to accelerate faster and be fine from there. any help?

Hmmmm can i ask some details?

What engine do you have?
Vtec or non-vtec?
How many miles?

Is it manual or automatic?

Oh and MAP or MAF sensor?

When you added the intake or exhaust did you still use the original O2 sensors or have to move/remove the MAF (if you have one)?

Kurai wrote:Hmmmm can i ask some details?

What engine do you have?
Vtec or non-vtec?
How many miles?

Is it manual or automatic?

Oh and MAP or MAF sensor?

When you added the intake or exhaust did you still use the original O2 sensors or have to move/remove the MAF (if you have one)?

f20c (?) im pretty sure
vtec
automatic =[

anndd i dono what MAP or MAF is lol
still learning =\

and when i added the exhaust i used the original o2 sensors but it was doing this before i put the exhaust on there.

A MAP is a Mass Air Pressure sensor, and a MAF is a Mass Air Flow sensor. you will have either one or the other and they are part of your intake system...the MAP is usually part of the Throttle body assembly or right before and measures air pressure....
The MAF is also part of the intake system but will measure mass air flow and is usually found a little upstream from the throttle body. (usually looks like a little box thing attached to your intake) neways they send readings to your ECU and tell the car basically to add X amount of fuel because it is measuring X amount of air. So if the intake you added changed or removed the MAF/MAP this could be part of the issue below WOT (Wide open throttle)

Just a guess tho....do you have a CEL (Check engine light) on?

yeah its been on since i bought the car.
but it will go on and off.
i can drive for about 5 mins without it on and then it will come on.
ill shut my car off and wait for about and hour and it will still be on drive for a little bit and it will cut off. its back and forth like that all the time.

and i didnt take the air flow sensor off because i just have cold air air filter i dont have the whole arm on there.
im still in the process of putting it on because of money

Have you got the code read for the CEL? You can get it read for free at autozone or advance.

Your issue probably has to do with the CEL...some cars when they detect a issue will go into a kinda "limp" mode to be safe...so that could be why your car is bogging down.

imma run it up to autozone tomorrow and have them run the code.
hopefully its somethin simple

ill tell you waht it is tomrrow

Ok cool keep us posted man more then likely whatever is tripping the CEL is whats bogging you down as well.

I would have to agree with the MAF, I know you said you did a cold air intake, This could be part of the problem, check all you wiring on your intake sensors, and more importantly the throttle body.

would it matter if it was doing it before i put the cold air on there??
and i didnt take the whole arm off i just have the cold air filter on the end of my stock intake arm until i get the money to get the arm.

that and i went by autozone and oriellys today to see if they could run the code and neither one of them have right stuff for anything lower than a 96 honda

Is it ODBI? yeah alot of shops dont have ODBI readers.....if thats it.

Can start looking at the typical stuff....

how many miles does the car have on it?
When was the last time the engine and tranny fluid was drained and serviced?
last time plugs were swapped out?

Have you ever ran a compression check on your cylinders?

got about 97,000-100,000 miles on it
changed the spark plugs about 6 months ago
and the tranny and engine fluid was changed about 2 months ago

and never ran a compression check.
lol never knew that was a option.
that and i have no money.

NOt sure how much they are if you had access to the car care center on post you could use one for free there. (compression tool)

i can get on base
your talkin bout hunter right??
even if i did get to use it i wouldnt know how lol

i told you im not that smartest person when it comes to engines.

???

You can google "How to do a compression check" and there are a couple of videos and alot of sites that walk you through it. Its not that hard at all really bro.

well i reeaallllyyy appreciate the help and everything youve told me.
if i got anymore questions ill ask again.

Anytime man just ask away keeps the topics coming on the forum lol