Honda - Cr-v :: 1997 - Cannot Get Car To Accelerate Smoothly From A Stop
Oct 9, 2013
I have a 1997 Honda Cr-V. Everything is great except, when I try to accelerate. From a stop, say, at a light, I cannot get it to accelerate smoothly. It feels like the engine gets bogged down. I almost have to feather the gas peddle just to get it to go. Once its gotten going and I am accelerating over about 15 or 20 mph everything it fine.
Also, when I've reached my intended speed and let go of the gas peddle, only to accelerate again, there is no problem.
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Let me also describe my problem and what i have done so far to try and remedy it: basically, when i start to accel from a stop it doesn't accel smooth and feels like it is about to go limp and then all of a sudden i get this burst of accel. it is much more noticeable when accel from a stop but it is also noticeable when pressing the throttle, just does not accel smooth and once in a while, i get this sudden burst of power. And the car has gone into some kind of limp mode twice so far.
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It only happens as soon as I accelerate from a complete stop for about 2-3 seconds, and then it seems to go away.
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The first mechanic, who is my beloved mechanic in Maine (where I am originally from), checked the sensors and relays. He even replaced the relays for free, and it still overheated on the way back from Maine to Boston. Needless to say I did not give him enough time to really look at my car to figure out the problem.
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I was a little upset by this diagnosis because I had them replaced already, and also because I am getting married this summer so this obviously is not the right time to be buying a new car. I should mention that both mechanics looked at my car at the end of August. I have still been driving and watching the coolant.
The car is still randomly overheating but i tend to notice it happen more while in stop and go traffic and when I accelerate. The needle will go all the way up to red, stay there for a few seconds and then slowly creep down. This happened this morning, and I had checked the coolant yesterday and it was full! I checked it again at lunch time to see if it had used all the coolant during rush hour and it was still full. This chain of events seems to keep happening and I constantly check the coolant. Since August I have only had to fill it once. I have also noticed that when I open the radiator cap the coolant is not sitting level like I've been told it should. I've put a decent amount of work into the car and everything else runs perfectly.
Is it possible that this is a pumping or air bubble problem, and not a head gasket?
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