89 Accord Oil Pan Gasket

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:21 pm

How hard is it going to be to replace it myself?
I think i know how to do just am not sure
Also what would cause the car to jump between 1500-2000 rpm?
Could it just be its not used to the weather?

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:17 pm

If you can turn a wrench its a fairly easy job. It'll probably take about 45 minutes and is about a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 in difficulty.

As for the idle surge, is the motor carbureted or fuel-injected?

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:45 pm

89 accords have the sweet crossmember that connects the front and back subframes, and the header to deal with. its going to be a little more than 45minutes I think, unless you have air tools

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:21 am

Its fuel injected

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:12 am

Spork;213861 wrote:89 accords have the sweet crossmember that connects the front and back subframes, and the header to deal with. its going to be a little more than 45minutes I think, unless you have air tools

Kind of like the Prelude and newer Accords, right? If so, that's only a few extra minutes and 4-5 bolts.

Wolf2010;213883 wrote:Its fuel injected

Check your coolant and make sure it's full first. Then try cleaning the idle air control valve and fast idle thermo valve. I believe your car should have both of those as it's fuel injected. Heres a link on how to do it...

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1844067

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:31 am

What would th efluid being low have to do with the idling?

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:45 am

Wolf2010;213893 wrote:What would th efluid being low have to do with the idling?

Coolant flows through the fast idle thermo valve to help regulate the idle. If the coolant level is insufficent, it can cause an idle surge.

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:26 pm

Oh ok
I will make sure to check that out

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:48 pm

I checked the fluid level it was fine