20 Most Recent 1987 Honda Accord - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Check your relays. Generally when a realay is bad, it will make a buzzing sound, you can find your realays under the hood.

Yes, check your fuse box for the seat belt fuse.

See if there is a leakage of engine oil that drops onto the exhaust manifold which give that smells.

The only thing to do is try tightening the belt, If you have a gauge, it should be showing more charge than it is now, after tightening. If it is just a light, it will light with no charge. You might have to replace it. Hope this helps.

reseal the body seams with under coating spray would be the 1st thing i would do.

getting in from where? the firewall, the door??

here is a link to the factory work shop manuals for 1986-89 accords, it appears all that holds the brake pedal to the push rod is a clevis pin, remove that. I suggest u follow the workshop manual.

http://www.pauldesign.ru/honda/shopmanual.html

SOUND LIKE ENGINE OVER HEATING.ANY TIME COOLANT GOES FROM RADIATOR TO OVERFLOW TANK.REPLACE THERMOSTAT TO SEE IF IT HELPS.THAT CAUSES OVERHEATING MOST OF THE TIME.

hi the EGR would most likely trigger the engine light and you would be loosing a lot of power, very noticable, I would check your earth battery lead and ensure it has a good contact to the car body.

Also check the air pipes for any rips or poor seals that might be taking in to much air.

Worth mentioning you can clean both the air mass sensor and the EGR with carb cleaner, this sometimes helps or at least will give you an idea if thats the fault. What make and model is the car?

Have you changed both the idle control valve and the air mass sensor?
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dan

true the EGR can really make a change and it should have been the first thing too look at because its the cheapest and easy to install

autozone checks codes for free there your local auto parts store .did i help ? hit the feedback button.. thanks jay

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2689519

http://www.hondacarforum.com/honda-3/16990-87-accord-lxi-pgm-fi-light-question.html

http://www.3geez.com

These three websites should help you out tremendously with your third generation Honda Accord. According to the top two forums, there is a box under your drivers seat which you will need to access from the back of the seat by folding it up and sliding it forward. There should be a small hatch on the box. Behind the hatch are some LED lights that will be blinking if the ignition is on and the PGM-F1 light is still on. This sequence of blinking is a code and you will need a book for the car to tell you what this code means, or a dealer can tell you. This will let you know why the light is on and what needs to be fixed.

I recommend becoming a member of www.3geez.com as they deal specifically with the year range of your car. If anyone knows answers to your questions, they will.

Good Luck!

It might just need cleaning. Spray some PB Blaster around the throttle arm where the cable connects to at the base of the carb, and see if that frees up the flaps. And while spraying, fiddle with the throttle linkage.

Your ISC (Idle speed control) needs to be replaced. This is located on the intake.

Assuming it's a hose that goes directly to the radiator and is a more or less 2" diameter. In the parts store just ask for (depending of its position) an upper or lower radiator hose for a '87 honda accord.

Yes it does have a normal thermostsat and is most likely stuck closed.

1st try to adjust your idle setting to a higher rpm and see if it stays runing

U can find one here.
http://www.faxonautoliterature.com/products.cfm

if you have power at the head light plug or pig tail then you have a bad ground turn the head lights on and probe the ground wire with the balb still in if the lights come on the run new ground wire or find the broken wire and repair it

you will find it behind the front bumperalmost in the middle. one bolt and one wire looks like a black pancake.