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I have a 92 honda civic vx, when im accellerating sometimes my tach will drop to zero quickly and the car will lose power but then jump right back up to where i was and it will lunge at that point.. its like the car loses power for just a split second. its really annoying and i don't know what to check

and now my car has completely shut off when slowing down twice. ill be coming down the mountain doing about 25 and it cut off once, where i had to pop the clutch just to get the car to start back up so my brakes would work right, and the other time was coasting into a stop sign, the car just shut off quietly and all the red lights on the dash came on but the radio and everythign stayed on, i tried just turning the ignition over at the stop sign, but the first time i cranked it, it started up but the second i hit the gas, it cut off. so i waited a minute and started it up again and it stayed running and allowed me to keep driving

for the last couple of weeks, before these above things started happening, the tach(its the factory tach) has been going nuts on me.. ill be driving along at about 2000 rpm then all the sudden the needle will start jumping around like a mad man and will eventually settle back into 2000rpm for a while, then start jumping around all over again. i don't know if this has anythign to do with it or if its just maybe the tach is going out.. but i figured i'd throw that out there

anyone have any ideas on wtf is going on?

thanks

nick

 
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well nick.. it could be a possibilty of a couple of things.. if the tach is jumping around there is obviously something wrong.. my 87 crx did that and i had to replace the distributor to replace the crank angle sensor.. that fixed it and fast... but your problem sounds like it could me an ECU problem.. my uncle had a problem with his car... granted it was ford escort.. (BIG PILE THERE).. it would be warming up and be fine.. but as soon as it warmed up then it would do exactly wut u described.. let me know wut u find

 
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sounds like the distributor. but im no mechanic. my moms 95 dx did that then eventually just died. it always stalled on her.

 
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Sounds like the dizzy coil. Replace the distributor from another D-Series ($30). It's a common problem in the D15Z's.