Top 20 1988 Honda Civic 2 Door Questions & Answers

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use a scan tool to reset the ECM

The characteristic you described is almost always a ground connection that is not secure. Check with an ohm meter the resistance between the ground at the light socket and the chassis of the car. Any resistance is an indication of a poor ground connection. Temporarily connect the return(ground) connection at the socket to the chassis using a jumper. If all is correct with jumper in place determine poor connection location and repair. Hope this helps?

call any of your local auto scrap yards they can give you an answer to that. but when doing a windshield make sure you get a kit to do it at the local auto parts store first. a windshield is very easy to break on the install and the removal from the donor car. I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/dennis_7c5f8bf265aab5e9

I would start with fuel filter.

Until 1987 the fuel pumps were located under the left rear of the vehicle Starting in 1989, it is inside the fuel tank. You can access it without removing the fuel rank via an access panel inside the rear cargo or passenger area. You have to remove the rear seat to gain access to the panel.

The igniter tells the coil when to fire the spark plugs.

Either fuse is under power or there is a short circuit in the wiring. Also clean the battery posts.

Are you getting voltage to the coil ?

You probably need to replace the temperature sensor. It is located on the intake manifold, below the thermostat housing. murf427

go to car-parts.com type inter your vehicle year and info to look up the rack and pinion and if there is any cross over parts it will list them on the left side that shows part info.. i always go to the left side of the screen right above where it shows how far away the part is and click on the blue letters (dis) and it will take you to the closest one first..

if you know how check to see if the fuel pump connections are loose or check to see if it has a bad ground wire that could be the case

Hi, this sounds like a loose wire or connector. I recommend you pull the PGM-FI relay up out of it's socket and check to make sure the terminals underneath are not pushed in and fit snug onto the relay blades.

do you have spark at the coil lead or not?
if spark at coil it could be pionts or rotor button or distributer cap.
if no spark at coil it could be a bad coil.

The manual says in sequence from left to right when you're facing the engine is: 4 3 2 1.
my firing order is stamped on the side of the distributor and its order is 4-2-3-1 from top to bottom and 4-3-2-1 from left to right for plugs

This is often due to a dirty idle speed control valve and throttle valve, please do the following service.

To correct this problem I want you to get a can of intake cleaner (ABOUT $5.00) from any local auto parts store like NAPA or Carquest, do not use carburetor spray, intake cleaner only or u will damage the Teflon coating inside the throttle valve and air bypass valve, it is made by a company called CRC, remove the air intake hose to the engine, hold the idle high so the engine won't stall, then spray the can of cleaner into the intake while keeping the engine running, use at least 1/2 the can, shut down the engine and disconnect the battery for 5 minutes, then restart and complete a number of mixed driving cycles, town, freeway, stop and go etc., after a few days the problem will go away as the system will relearn to the clean intake.

Retractable headlights must be up. Remove beauty ring (most cars it's chrome and takes a phillips screwdriver). Don't drop the screws. The retractable may have a cover instead of the beauty ring. Same; remove (with phillips?). It might take some penetrating oil on rusted screws. Sealed beam should come out part way until wire connector on back is visible; unplug. replace with new. OR; go to Auto Zone and they might do it for you if you buy the replacement there. Ray (garage owner)

probably a vacuum leak check all vaccum tubes going to intake assembly. Also look at throttle body plate with intake tube off and make sure it is closing all the way.

1988 Honda Civic Car Stereo Radio Wiring Diagram
Radio Constant 12V+ Wire: White/Blue
Radio Switched Ignition 12V+ Wire: Yellow/Red
Radio Ground Wire: Black
Radio Illumination Dimmer Wire: Red/Black
Radio Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Radio Amplifier Turn On Wire: N/A
Front Speaker Size: N/A
Front Speaker Location: N/A
Left Front Speaker Wire (+): Blue/Green
Left Front Speaker Wire (-): Gray/Black
Right Front Speaker Wire (+): Red/Green
Right Front Speaker Wire (-): Brown/Black
Rear Speaker Size: N/A
Rear Speaker Location: N/A
Left Rear Speaker Wire (+): Blue/Yellow
Left Rear Speaker Wire (-): Gray/White
Right Rear Speaker Wire (+): Red/Yellow
Right Rear Speaker Wire (-): Brown/White

Here can find the Stereo Wire Harness OEM Honda Civic 86 87 88 89 90 (car radio wiring installation parts)

Hope help with this.

the window regulator is defective or the glass has come off the regulator, the window regulator is most likely the problem.