Honda Accord (1990-1993) Maintenance and Repair

nick129

yes thats it. thank you. much appreciated

Mr_Shiftright

You can bone up on YouTube on how to do this. (SEE LINK BELOW) Remember you get only good clear shot to do it right, but if you take your time you should be able to extract it. These valve cover bolts are pretty small--they do not need much tightening---the gasket seals the cover, not the tightness of the bolt. These can easily be "tight enough" using a 1/4" drive socket and only a little strain on your hand, on a one-handed approaching to tightening.

USING AN EASY-OUT TOOL

pjudge44

Been having a lot of trouble with my 93 LX. Temperature spikes dramatically, car heats up fast. Checked fluid in radiator, added coolant, seemed to fix problem. Started heating up again. Wife driving it yesterday, said she heard a loud pop, and coolant was gushing out from under hood. I get home, look at it, coolant seems to be on backside of motor, near the bottom. I can't find any burst hoses or leaks. Not much of a mechanic. Car is also burning a lot of oil. And idling funny. Usually idles real low, but has a tendency to also race and rev up and down. Crazy. How screwed am I?

titus_pullo

Sounds like a head gasket.

cnm_01

Bought a 93 lx w/80k one owner clean carfax etc. for my 16 year old..She is only 5' 1' and worried about visibility. Any other drivers out there same height or solutions ?

Mr_Shiftright

Very often on older cars like that the seat padding has collapsed or the springing is weak, so one solution is to have the seat re-padded. It's also possible to have a shop raise the seat but this has to be done carefully, for obvious safety reasons--no shop doing mickey-mouse when it comes to seat-anchoring.

I'm not a fan of seat pads because it can cause the driver to slide around, which fatigues them and might even affect control to some extent.

Another inexpensive solution might be a thick sheepskin cover, which gives you a bit more height and doesn't slide so much. About $80 bucks for that, versus couple hundred to do up a seat.

thegraduate

The good thing is that you've bought one of the best cars I've ever driven for visibility. There's a ton of glass in that thing, small pillars, low "hip" point of the car (so side glass is sufficiently low).

coloradocivi

Hi I have a 92 Honda civic. Today my car started to sputter when I am at a stop. And when I start the car and place it in reverse. It doesnt make a sound, no mechanical sounds. I changed the plugs and wires a month ago. New timing belt 5months ago. I did upgrade gas this morning from 85 to 87. Temperature here was nice in the 80s today. The car drives well when accelerating and changes gears fine. Its a sputter and slight shake, more pronounced when reversing from a stop. It feels like it wants to die, but hasn't...yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

jjwooyeah

Hi,

How can I open the glove box of my '93 with the handle broken off..?

scitalis

This thread is 7 years old, so this reply is for new readers. I was disappointed to see all the reply's advising to "Just learn to live with it". I learned of a simple answer that will cost you five or six dollars, and can be done at home with a decent set of automotive wrenches and a floor jack. The general idea is to loosen the mounts and raise the motor slightly to take the weight off of the mounts. Next, fill the areas in the rubber part of the mount, where the rubber has worn or deteriorated away, with silicone caulk from a caulking gun. Tape one side of the rubber to prevent the silicone from passing through, and fill from the other side. Here is a link to the site where I learned of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcA7tU9TlJA
This vibration is very annoying, and is definitely NOT harmless, so don't "Learn to live with it"! Spend five bucks and an afternoon and get rid of it

skatelyfe

Hello, I have a 93 accord se with a f22a1 engine I have acquired through a trade, and there are a couple of questions I will ask. I need to get car running because I have to have a way to get my 1 yr old around. But first of all. When my car is running and sitting in park or neutral, it idles between 3 and 4000 rpms usually around 3000. But If I tap the gas it will jump up to 4 sometimes a little past and kinda rev there for just a second and go back down to 3. I looked into it a little and I cleaned the throttle body, egr valve, and the iac. Someone told me I may need a new iac, but the guy I got it from said the muffler fell off while he was driving down the road. I plan to eventually build the car, so I didnt mind the muffler falling off. I'm going to get a whole new cat back exhaust for the car when I get the money. (Hopefully soon because I found one pretty cheap.) But. I was recently told and didnt think about it but could the car revving how it is have to do with the muffler? (Exhaust leak). Since I cleaned the throttle body and stuff out it no longer revs hard in drive or reverse, but it still does in park or neutral. After about 5 minutes, sometimes quicker, the temp gauge will read its running hot. The guy said he bought a new thermostat and it looks like there is a new one in there, and I don't know much about vehicles and I am stuck in this spot right now with no money to take it to a shop or have one of my mechanic buddies come look at it and help me fix it. Also. When I drive it the car doesnt want to go besides what its doing itself by revving. Even if I press the gas to the floor it gives it a little bit of gas but it still doesn't really accelerate any quicker. It looks like there may possibly be a hose missing or not attached right in front of the throttle body on the breather. PLEASE HELP!? I can post some pics or videos if needed.

Drayygon01

I've got a 90 accord LX that has the F22A1 that has an intermittent starting issue. Last time it happened I checked for spark and wasnt getting any. I checked all the way back to the ignitor in the distributor and it wasnt telling the coil to spark. Any help would be greatly appreciated.