98 Civic Idle weirdness

Discussion in 'Civic' started by disallow, Aug 16, 2004.

  1. disallow

    disallow Guest

    I have a 98 civic LX 5spd.

    I disconnected my battery the other day, had to get it
    tested.

    Question 1:

    What is the procedure for reinstalling the battery? My
    Haynes manual says run the engine at 1800 RPM or something
    like that for 45 seconds. Is that true?

    Question 2:

    When I did this 'run at 1800 for 45 sec' and let off the
    gas, the idle was REALLY low for the first 1/2 hour or so.
    Would this be indicative of a further problem somewhere,
    and my ECU is compensating for it by running rich? (IE am
    I losing fuel economy, but the ECU is covering it up by
    adjusting the FA Mix?)

    I average about 33MPG (US gal) 50/50 highway/city.

    Thanks
    t
     
    disallow, Aug 16, 2004
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