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Quoted From SpawnedX: _x000D_
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Does the gauge just drop to 0 or does the engine stall and die?

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It drops to 0 and the engine looses power but the rpms jump back up to normal idle in a about 1 second so it sometimes doesn’t die. It’s as

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[quote]Quoted From hbvx: _x000D_
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I’ve had this similar symptom, as far as the way it reads on the forum here. My suspicion is the IACV and/or loss of compression from the HG leak in my case. However, it doesn’t always happen to go to 0. That is more li

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I will check the crankshaft for any play but I doubt it since the engine has about 80K miles.(thats what the

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And I also noticed when the car isn’t running and I just swtich the key to the ON position and turn the turn signal

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I forgot to mention that it only happen when im slowing down such as at a stop light. I instantly engage the clutch and rpm drops to 0 and comes back to idle.

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Ah, okay sorry for the screw up S:)_x000D_
Well yeah it happens when

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I think im going to start by getting another distributor..The old one I had was in bad condition and was OEM. Bought one off of ebay assumed it was OEM and as I took off the cap the parts were way different from the OEM one I had.The oem one had some hita

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Mech also had told me that my timing belt was loose. So im guessing thats where the idle problem came from in the first place when

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Check the fan switch. I had almost the same prob on my 00 civic si and it came out being the fan switch. Good Luck!

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Quoted From Mechaniczman: _x000D_
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Is the engine actually bogging down or is it just the rpm guage?

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It’s just the RPM Gauge. But when I open the sunroof all the way thats when the RPM’s drop to 0 and the engine boggs down but doesn’t

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Well, I decided to change the battery to a new one since I knew the battery was already out and was no good. So I went ahead and put a new Duralast Gold Battery. The symptom got a little better but it’s still doing it when I turn the signal switch on. Fro

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6NtIkpwILk_x000D_
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Here’s another video of the RPM’s acting up when I open the sun roof and turn the signal lights on.

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