88 honda civic question

hello honda nuts!!!! i have ab 88 honda civic hatchback with 150k miles. i love this car but.....lately the check engine light comes on at random times and sometimes the idle runs way up and down. i took it to the dealer and they have no interest or no answer.... help please!!!

rip the pos stock motor out and put in a dohc zc
will fix the problem, motor is like 600 bucks

When the 'check engine' light comes on, turn the car off, pull up the front corner of the passenger side carpet (to expose the ECU), and count the light flashes. The number of flashes tells you what is causing the CE light to come on. Let us know how many flashes there are & we'll be able to help you more....

rip the pos stock motor out and put in a dohc zc
will fix the problem, motor is like 600 bucks


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:rofl: so you're callin' yourself stupid?

yea lol

wcounsil,
i know what it is bro..when your engine is revving up and down like crazy, does it do it on a full stop, slowing down, etc?
and check light comes on..it's your TPS..in other words it's your
Throttle Position Sensor, which if you don't wanna bother with paying anyone to work on it cause they don't think it's the TPS but i know that it is, my 88' civic did that around 160,000 miles too, all i did was i took off the Throttle position sensor and yes the check engine light will still be on but at least your not hearing that annoying revving up and down noise anymore..it works...but you'll have to drive it around for a while so it'll actually quiet down too..
it worked for me..well i hope that helps..
and yeah check the ecu light first..if it flashes 7 times than it's the TPS.
i'm for sure it is..

-MPF