Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpfcll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!vlsvax1!qantel!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcla!rjs From: rjs@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: 82 Honda accord surges when cold (?) Message-ID: <77800002@hpfcll.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 23:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcll.77800002 Posted: Thu Oct 31 23:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:45:00 EST References: <401@mit-bug.UUCP> Organization: 31 Oct 85 21:48:00 MST Lines: 15 >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. Sounds like an electrical problem. You are probably getting moisture in your distributor cap. You may want to get a new set of plug wires and a new distributor cap. Second thing to check is that the automatic choke is functioning properly. If this were the cause I would expect the symptoms to occur on any cold day (not just wet ones). Bob Schneider ihnp4!hpfcla!hpfcll!rjs