1985 Honda Accord
goldwing1800
03-13-2004, 01:24 PM
Just bought a 85 Honda Accord for my son. 200,000 + miles. when we start the car it whats to die, when put in gear,it does die. Very hard on a cold start. I have heard that this generation of Honda has a distributor problem. We have no check engiene light. Once it is warm no problems. I guess what I'm saying is that it has a cold idle problem. Anyone have any ideas?
jcrx
03-13-2004, 02:36 PM
Start at the fuel system, check plugs, filter, pull off the distibutor cap, and check the cap and rotor for wear. From there move on to other possibilities. I don't have a manual for that model, so I can't tell you all the specific electronics you can check :(
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