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From: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: 82 Honda accord surges when cold (?)
Message-ID: <2777@watvlsi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 23:48:21 EST
Article-I.D.: watvlsi.2777
Posted: Thu Oct 31 23:48:21 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 04:39:35 EST
References: <401@mit-bug.UUCP>
Reply-To: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Organization: VLSI Group, U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <401@mit-bug.UUCP> dove@mit-bugs-bunny.UUCP (Web Dove) writes:
>My accord behaves very poorly on cold wet days.  When you apply the gas
>it first accelerates then almost dies then accelerates ... .  This stops
>after it warms up.
>

Do they use salt on your roads in the winter?  If so, you might have
lost the small intake air heater which sits over the exhaust manifold.
It seems that the engine/carb is very sensitive to the inlet air temp.
My wife's 79 Honda was acting terrible in cold weather until we
had it replaced.  This small piece of sheet metal sits right at the 
front of the engine and gets the full force of winter's corrosion
thrown at it.  They use lots of salt in southern Ontario.

I have also heard of temperature sensors going bad in the carb, but
I don't remember which particular one was the culprit.

			Kevin
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Kevin Szabo' watmath!watvlsi!ksbszabo (U of W VLSI Group, Waterloo, Ont, Canada)