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War_Wagon · 06-02-2011, 01:34 PM

Good choice on the Civic for a daily driver, I went the same route, but I stashed my Mustang at my parents house. Maybe in 20 years I'll drive it again lol. As for your idle problem, look up the Idle Air Control Valve. I am a bit rusty on this stuff, but I am pretty sure it's what regulates your idle speed when there is no load on the engine. So the load of the climate control system would cause the computer to bump up your idle, but when it was off it would rely on the IAC valve. If the valve was kaput then it will stall. Again don't quote me on this stuff but that would be my guess as where to start looking.

06-02-2011, 01:34 PM	#11 (permalink)
War_Wagon 5 Gears of Fury Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vancouver B.C., Canada Posts: 1,230 Spunky - '90 Honda Civic CX 90 day: 35.56 mpg (US) Thanks: 175 Thanked 176 Times in 137 Posts	Good choice on the Civic for a daily driver, I went the same route, but I stashed my Mustang at my parents house. Maybe in 20 years I'll drive it again lol. As for your idle problem, look up the Idle Air Control Valve. I am a bit rusty on this stuff, but I am pretty sure it's what regulates your idle speed when there is no load on the engine. So the load of the climate control system would cause the computer to bump up your idle, but when it was off it would rely on the IAC valve. If the valve was kaput then it will stall. Again don't quote me on this stuff but that would be my guess as where to start looking. __________________ "Don't look for one place to lose 100 pounds, look for 1600 places to lose an ounce." - Tony DeFeo