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Thanks for the replies, a few days later and all is still well. Runs perfect and no issues to report. I will be doing the more work on it this weekend.
Well that’s weird….
I went out to work on the civic today…rented the block tester with some fluid to check the radiator for exhaust gas. Cranked the car and there were no bubbles coming out of the radiator, syphoned some and started to put the block tester to work…only problem was I couldn’t get the car to start for an accurate test, it would just crank and crank.
Starting to get frustrated, I triple checked EVERYTHING, air is great, got fuel pressure to the rail and tested spark…NO problems but it wouldn’t fire!!! I would think even with a bad headgasket it would chug or something like it did before!
Out of frustration, I went in the car and just cranked…and cranked….and cranked…chugging started, I mashed the pedal and it revved to 3k and I let off…I held it there out of disbelief and slowly started to let the gas off. It idled perfectly again at around 1.5k until it warmed up and dropped down to around 700rpms or so. NO hint of the problem before. Let 2 fan cycles happen…took the car out and drove it a good 3 miles, no problems at all…no CEL, nothing. I let the car sit for an hour, went back out and started it with NO trouble. Perfect again.
While all this is great!!!! …it still leaves me wondering…wtf happened?!?! What happened to the low compression test readings and how the hell do you explain that?! Before giving the compression tester back, I did my other 2 cars and they were perfect…odds are it wasn’t user error. The only thing I did was change the coil/cap/rotor/wires/ and plugs…
I’m happy because I feel like it saves me a lot of work, though I can’t explain it and it’s driving me insane. Also, my wife doesn’t trust the car (it’s her daily) and wants a solid answer that I can’t give.
Crazy…
Thanks for the response
I did buy NGK replacements for the wires/plugs…the ones on there before were also NGK. The money I’ve put in it so far have been for tune-up parts except for the coil…before dumping anymore in it, I’m hoping for an idea of what else it could be or check for.
I don’t have a scanner for the OBD port, nor can I get the car to a place than can scan it…I would love to check it though…only option would be to tow it, and that’s more $.
I’m completely stumped…