slang

Bought second-hand S2000 last Saturday (1999-V).

Drives fine but if in neutral and revving it, the revs fall to 200 rpm before recovering. Also need some serious revs for reversing, cuts-out easily.

Any ideas? Going to Slough Honda a week Saturday (already begun saving up for this visit).

Look forward to hearing from anyone who has had a similar problem but found a solution.

Cheers.

Crusoe

sounds like a sticking idler valve or something, probably quite a quick and painless fix.

zero_to60

I have to give mine around 2000/3000rpms to reverse without risking a stall unless it's on a totally flat surface

If you are new to the S2000 the wider rev band does take some getting used to. I regularly use 2000/3000rpms to move off in 1st gear to get a smooth getaway

Gazzer

Cracks me up!

lower

agreed. the s2k has a very light flywheel amongst other things which means you will have to give it more revs than another car and due to the high revving design it will not pull from low revs in the same way other cars will.

GSi

also, as it's new to you won't be used to the noise yet. I stalled mine loads when reversing when I got it. if you look at the rev counter you'll see that you're not revving as much as you thought whilst parking - then you'll hit the car behind as you should be looking where you're going

Kobe

the low rev thing can happen from time to time....seems to go away naturally, notice it more in hotter weather..

MrV

Ask if you can have Paul look at it ,his GF has a S so hes well clued up on them and what ever they quote you haggle with them they normally drop in price

Paul(UK)

Check the air cleaner.
Mine did this. Eventually it refused to idle. Air cleaner was original (mine is also a 99V) but I'd only done 13k miles. Honda change the air cleaner at 27K but mine was the source of the problem at just 13k. It is quite a cheap thing to try so start there. If it doesn't fix it you can use the filter later on....