thatsahonda

I got the dreaded blinking CEL. I scanned the ECU at autozone and it said I was misfiring in 1,2,3,4. I pulled the plugs and they looked fine...after that I did a compression test and got these results

#1(first one outwards)190 <-due to the first time I dropped a valve which was fixed
#2 250
#3 250
#4 250

Once everything was put back together I started her up and started to idle really low...after I drove it around for a while it ran fine but the cel still blinked so I parked it at my dads house and left it. What should I do now?

Info on the car

2001
69k
dropped a valve about 6000 miles ago, $4000 in damage(dealer covered)
new clutch 800 miles ago

driftintherain

do you know the proper #'s for the compression test?

thatsahonda

No, I don't, but my guess it's suppose to be high since it's a high compression motor?? I'm used to working on DSMs so I'm not sure on the numbers if someone can enlighten me that would be great.

ChefJ

250 is good. No more then a 10% difference in compression across the cylinders.

driftintherain

than i guess his headgasket is good?? did you check the spark plugs??

thatsahonda

Spark plugs are fine, a little tanish on top.


I whacked the map sensor and zipped it, same problem occurs. Fuel injectors? Should I just pull the valve cover to check the retainers? I just started thinking when I did my clutch change I had the motor tilting against the firewall a little if I remember correctly the two sensors on the valve cover were touching the firewall maybe I destroyed one of them?


ALSO!! last night I topped my gas tank to the max, maybe a little over, could this of caused something?

jojipoji

could be fuel injectors, coil pack issue, ecu issue...etc.

joey1320

check for spark. take one of the plugs out and ground it somewhere in the engine and crank it. see if you have a good spark across the electrode.

did it just start happening or have you noticed a decrease in performance?

thatsahonda

performance has stayed the same as far as I know, it's been smoking(white blue oil) a tiny bit when I come to a stop sometimes though I didn't think much of it I just guessed thats where my quart of oil I put in every 2k goes heh

joey1320

wow you put 1 quart of oil every 2k miles??? anybody - is this normal for an s2k?

sorry i have owned my car for 2 weeks and did all the fluids a week ago, so i'm not sure how much oil it uses between changes... but man that seems kinda high for a honda engine(i've owned many hondas and was an acura tech for 2.5 years)

can you do the quick ignition check and come back with the results?