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  1. Honda Problems...

    in Engine and Performance - Anything for that couple extra horses!

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    Its just that the acceleration sucks, 1st through 5th I can always feel it like it wants to cut out. Also something that was weird is that when I don't have on my seatbelt, the seatbelt light will be dim until i accelerate to about 3k rpms and then it will become bright again. Also when I'm sitting in the parking lot on my break at work, I hear a weird almost like a rattling noise coming from the engine.

  7. Honda Problems...

    in Engine and Performance - Anything for that couple extra horses!

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    Ok, heres the story. The car's a 1999 Honda Civic EX coupe, not vtech. About a month and a half ago, the car starts acting up and hesitating when I'd accelerate. 1 1/2 weeks after this it died on me at 2 am in a Mcdonalds parking lot in the ghetto... go figure. So I have it towed up to the Honda dealership and they tell me its the starter thats shot. So I have them replace the starter and the sparkplugs and a few other small things. Cost me like $800. Now today, it feels like theres no power going to the wheels when I accelerate, only it doesnt do it all of the time. Only when it wants to. I do have a kicker zx650.4 hooked up in my car and I'm suspecting that it may be the alternator dying from this amp (80amps of fusing) and my 2 previous systems on the same alt. I believe its like 75 amp alt hot. Now here's my delimma. When I was getting the car checked out for my starter etc. I found out that I have an oil leak and my timing belts need to be replaced sometime soon and my rear brakes are shot. Well these things and some other small work are totalling up to 3k in repairs :rolleyes: I definately dont have 3k to put into this car right and I'm not the best w/ the performance aspect of cars (ex. diy tranny repairs, engines etc) so it really sucks. But with whats going on now with the hesitation, should I buy an HO alt and see if that fixes the problem? Should I try and save up the 3k and get the car totally repaired? Or should I just say F it and drive it till it dies then try and get a new one? It really sucks even worse because I'm now going on my 7th month w/ no beats.

    Thanks in advance,

    Andrew

  8. My Father Isnt Going To Make It Past A Week

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

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    Sorry to hear about all of this man. I can't say I know what you're going through because I don't. Losing someone close like a father has to be the worst feeling ever. I honestly don't know what I'd do if that were to happen to me. Make the call man, just thinking about what he'll think when he hears your voice is amazing. It's going to show him the man that he's raised you to be. You and your family will be in my family's prayers. Best of luck to you and your's.

    Andrew

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