# Need Help. Honda help. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691 "2010-01-12T17:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/21 "2010-01-13T06:09:26Z")
Had this same issue when I installed a chipped ecu on my car. Ended up being a faulty o2 sensor. In my case the ecu ran fine with the 02 unplugged but like shit with the ecu plugged in. So check your O2 sensor ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/22 "2010-01-13T06:44:07Z")
> [@Z out for spring w/ new bumper \*pics\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/z-out-for-spring-w-new-bumper-pics/28278/34): > > Had this same issue when I installed a chipped ecu on my car. Ended up being a faulty o2 sensor. In my case the ecu ran fine with the 02 unplugged but like shit with the ecu plugged in. So check your O2 sensor see this makes more sense to me then the cap and rotor thing… car runs normal on a cold start until its warmed up…which goes from open loop, too closed…open loop doesnt run off o2’s, where closed does. I might try to unplug my o2’s today and see what turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin_gsr/32/6412_2.png) [@Justin\_GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin_GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/23 "2010-01-13T07:10:04Z")
i had the same problem, it turned out to be the coil, best thing to do is get a new distributor there cheap for Ds ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/24 "2010-01-13T07:28:21Z")
> [@Justin GSR"](#): > > i had the same problem, it turned out to be the coil, best thing to do is get a new distributor there cheap for Ds whole distributor? or just the cap? ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/25 "2010-01-13T07:36:33Z")
pull the cap and look at it and the rotor, if they are fine put a dizzy on it. they’re like 3 10mm bolts. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/26 "2010-01-13T07:38:10Z")
Buy some Tenzo R wheels. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/27 "2010-01-13T08:18:08Z")
> [@Justin GSR"](#): > > i had the same problem, it turned out to be the coil, best thing to do is get a new distributor there cheap for Ds > [@5/20 Nyspeed BBQ @ Chestnut Ridge \*\*PAYMENT INFO INSIDE\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-20-nyspeed-bbq-chestnut-ridge-payment-info-inside/24869/150): > > whole distributor? or just the cap? > [@Things to do in Toronto..?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-to-do-in-toronto/28296/7): > > pull the cap and look at it and the rotor, if they are fine put a dizzy on it. they’re like 3 10mm bolts. Just check that O2 thing first. I had everyone and their mother telling me cap, coil, dizzy and replaced all that shit and it was the O2. IF it was the dizzy itd would just happen when the car warms up ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/28 "2010-01-13T09:23:40Z")
Toss a set of wires on it. If that doesn’t help, pull the cap and see what the windings inside the distr. look like. If you can find a used distr. to borrow for testing, that would be best. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/29 "2010-01-13T09:58:37Z")
ok heres the deal… I put a new cap and rotor on it. Let the car idle for a while, it was fine. Few miles down the road, it started doing it again. So I unplugged the o2 sensor…still doing it. however, now its only doing it with anything over 50% throttle…cruising, its just fine. Now, Im thinking just to throw new wires on. If that doesnt fix it, maybe the cat is plugged?? it only does this when the car is hott…when its cold, it runs good. ---
**Author:** ![underboosted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/underboosted/32/6424_2.png) [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/30 "2010-01-13T10:05:50Z")
Hmm. All these honda people saying dizzy.Find somone to swap with for a couple minutes to check to make sure it’s the dizzy or not.Hondas are known for that. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/31 "2010-01-13T10:07:23Z")
cats not plugged, def ignition problem from the sounds of it it’s breaking down under a load… you could try wires but i bet its the dizzy ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/32 "2010-01-13T10:21:40Z")
> [@Best wax for a car without clearcoat? (yet another detailing thread)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-wax-for-a-car-without-clearcoat-yet-another-detailing-thread/28284/4): > > cats not plugged, def ignition problem from the sounds of it it’s breaking down under a load… > > you could try wires but i bet its the dizzy I just replaced that and its still doing it! The distributor itself, when the cap and rotor were off looked brand new. No wires were corroded or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/33 "2010-01-13T10:27:10Z")
wait… you replaced the whole dizzy!!! ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/34 "2010-01-13T11:25:02Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/22843/169): > > wait… you replaced the whole dizzy!!! no cap and rotor only. The dis. itself looked like new tho. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin_gsr/32/6412_2.png) [@Justin\_GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin_GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/35 "2010-01-13T11:28:20Z")
deff a distributor problem, try and find someone that has one and throw it on to make sure. Im gonna put my money on the rotor in side the distributor is whats bad, had the same problem on my turbo DC2 ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/36 "2010-01-13T11:45:05Z")
> [@Best wax for a car without clearcoat? (yet another detailing thread)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-wax-for-a-car-without-clearcoat-yet-another-detailing-thread/28284/4): > > cats not plugged, def ignition problem from the sounds of it it’s breaking down under a load… > > you could try wires but i bet its the dizzy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/37 "2010-01-13T12:40:01Z")
Cap/rotor/wires need to be done at the same time (if all the same age) ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/38 "2010-01-13T12:43:52Z")
you do not have to replace wires when you do a cap and rotor. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/39 "2010-01-13T12:45:23Z")
> [@Things to do in Toronto..?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-to-do-in-toronto/28296/30): > > you do not have to replace wires when you do a cap and rotor. You don’t NEED to wipe your ass when you take a shit, but it sure helps. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691/40 "2010-01-13T12:47:14Z")
:lol What’s up with the dumpy Honda dizzys? If he replaced the cap and rotor and still has the issue, the actual distributor can still be bad? Whats left to be bad on it? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-honda-help/249691.md?page=3)