Hey ladies and gentlemen,
I bought an 86 civic hatchback 5 speed and i am in love with it. I kinda found it in a ghost town and it had only 72k miles on it. I did a lot of cosmetic work to it. I put in a pioneer carplay radio, mirror tints all around, replica spoon wheels and a mustang grabber blue paint job. Its only about 50bhp but its so fun to drive. Especially after putting bigger tires then the OEM ones.
As you can tell i am speaking of my honda as if it is dead. Sadly its in a coma i guess haha. I was at stop sign one day and i put it into first, eased of the clutch and then *glass shatter noise*
My car was muffler deleted so it was already "loud", but now its loud but sounds deeper. the rpms bounce up and back down at idle and the engine feels like 10bhp. If theres a hill, the car barely makes it up.
Do you know what can be causing my rough idle, low power and white smoke from exhaust?
Ive cut the CAT off to ensure a clogged CAT is not the issue.
Thanks for your time ))
I am turning to the internet for help. I have the Haynes Manual and have read every page of it.
Just to add
I had to get the timing belt replaced about 3 weeks prior to this issue happening.
I was told I needed to replace the cam shaft and its bearing. My mechanic replaced the belt, shaft and bearing.
I bought an 86 civic hatchback 5 speed and i am in love with it. I kinda found it in a ghost town and it had only 72k miles on it. I did a lot of cosmetic work to it. I put in a pioneer carplay radio, mirror tints all around, replica spoon wheels and a mustang grabber blue paint job. Its only about 50bhp but its so fun to drive. Especially after putting bigger tires then the OEM ones.
As you can tell i am speaking of my honda as if it is dead. Sadly its in a coma i guess haha. I was at stop sign one day and i put it into first, eased of the clutch and then *glass shatter noise*
My car was muffler deleted so it was already "loud", but now its loud but sounds deeper. the rpms bounce up and back down at idle and the engine feels like 10bhp. If theres a hill, the car barely makes it up.
Do you know what can be causing my rough idle, low power and white smoke from exhaust?
Ive cut the CAT off to ensure a clogged CAT is not the issue.
Thanks for your time ))
I am turning to the internet for help. I have the Haynes Manual and have read every page of it.
Just to add
I had to get the timing belt replaced about 3 weeks prior to this issue happening.
I was told I needed to replace the cam shaft and its bearing. My mechanic replaced the belt, shaft and bearing.