03 Honda Civic 1.7 Loss of power

Notaclue · **03 Honda Civic 1.7 Loss of power -** 03-19-2009, 06:50 PM

Hello.....

This little beauty has been off the road for almost a year, as i got a new one when this problem occurred, Been thinking about getting it fixed...thing is.....Honda will not provide an estimate without of course inspecting the car first. My nearest Honda garage is 60 miles away.

Problem: Whislt driving esp uphill , Engine managment lights comes on and instantly car loses power reducing right down to 20mph and will not go above i have found however that if i turn engine off for 20 mins or so then restarted the car is driveable although still lacking the turbo aspect.

I did get a mecanhic to hook the computer up and i got an error code....Unsurprizly the code itself it unique to Honda.....I did google the code only macthing code was found for a ford mondeo......cant remember the details but it was relevant to the fuel lines.

Now as she has been sat off the road for nearly a year now, I am just weighing up the costs along with the other work which will be needed eg Mot, Brakes, Tax in order to get it back on the road.

do you think it could be something like a blocked fuel line/Filter?
Any idea as to cost?

Car is Diesel
Thank you.

trialsking · 03-20-2009, 08:27 PM

I have the exact same problem, I am going to clean my EGR valve within the next few weeks. I dont travel that much so not a priorty i will let you know if that cures it fingers crossed

Notaclue · **trialsking -** 03-21-2009, 07:08 PM

Thanks for your reply...pls keep me updated!

I went out and got another car on hp so i am not hurrying the issue, It is a shame as she is just sat out there slowing rusting away.....and a bloody good car to drive lol.

Honda wouldn't tell me, would have to pay £68 to hook it uo to there computer....Even though i have the print out with the error code on, I am beginnig to hope that it might only be something quite simple and Cheap to rectify.....

Good luck with the EGR Valve, Someone suggested to me that it could be the fuel filter??

trialsking · 03-26-2009, 08:31 PM

Cracked it,got 2 fault codes P0238 which is the turbo boost pressure a - high
and P1236 fuel pump control out of range so i took out the boost pressure sensor gave it a clean and so far all is well. The sensor is very easy to get to and is located just left of the egr valve hope this helps!

pigeon_si · 03-31-2009, 03:30 PM

Had the same problem when i bought my 1.7 diesel, took it back to the place where i bought it from as the car was still under warranty, and they spoke to Honda, who said that there was a faulty batch of turbos and mine was one of them, so they took it to the nearest honda garage and got it change and not had a problem since. And it sounds very much like you could also have one of the faulty turbos, well worth a look into if its not going to cost you anything to get it fixed.

renaulthater · 04-22-2009, 09:52 PM

Hi, 3 problems spring to mind with this fault... turbo fault prone if the car is not driven as it suposed to be eg not revved above 3k the turbo vanes get sooted up.....turbo requires replacing...the valve for the turbo (above the o/s drive shaft there are two valves one (( i think is for the egr)) the other is for the turbo, these corrode inside causing the casing to crack thus creates a leak in the vacume side.
Codes would be helpfull......

renaulthater · 04-22-2009, 09:54 PM

Also ive had two casses where the fuel filter was fitted the wrong way round the blead screw should be facing the windsreen not the radiator.. the other problem i have had is the air flow meter again this depends on the fault codes...

car-zone · **03 Honda Civic 1.7 Loss of power -** 04-26-2009, 05:23 PM

I've got a 54 plate 1.7 diesel civic UK that yesterday suffered a major bout
of power loss,It wouldn't accelerate over 2500 rpms and i couldn't hear the
turbo kick in,I've took it today to my local honda main dealer who told me
if i restarted the car more than 3 times it will have cleared the computers
memory of recorded faults??? and thus theres nothing they can do? is this
true on this model? It sounds like a turbo fault to me but unless the
computer records a fault theres nothing they can do about it.Anyone heard of
this? I thought the computer recorded fault codes indefinately until they
hooked up the fault code reader and reset them?

Notaclue · 08-09-2009, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trialsking

Cracked it,got 2 fault codes P0238 which is the turbo boost pressure a - high
and P1236 fuel pump control out of range so i took out the boost pressure sensor gave it a clean and so far all is well. The sensor is very easy to get to and is located just left of the egr valve hope this helps!

Sorry folks not been on....but the error code was P1236....I know nout as i am female hence the username lol, Will this be easy to fix? any idea of cost?

also as the car hasn't been driven for 14 months now, what else should i expect as in getting her back on road.

jbrags · 01-27-2010, 01:15 PM

oh no

you have not driven it in 14 months
you got some work ahead of you hopefully the fuel injectors
arent fouled up you might need a battery change oil/filter
keep your fingers crossed and see if she fires up and runs ok?

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Notaclue Junior Member Posts: 5 Join Date: Mar 2009	trialsking - 03-21-2009, 07:08 PM Thanks for your reply...pls keep me updated! I went out and got another car on hp so i am not hurrying the issue, It is a shame as she is just sat out there slowing rusting away.....and a bloody good car to drive lol. Honda wouldn't tell me, would have to pay £68 to hook it uo to there computer....Even though i have the print out with the error code on, I am beginnig to hope that it might only be something quite simple and Cheap to rectify..... Good luck with the EGR Valve, Someone suggested to me that it could be the fuel filter??

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trialsking Junior Member Posts: 2 Join Date: Mar 2009	03-26-2009, 08:31 PM Cracked it,got 2 fault codes P0238 which is the turbo boost pressure a - high and P1236 fuel pump control out of range so i took out the boost pressure sensor gave it a clean and so far all is well. The sensor is very easy to get to and is located just left of the egr valve hope this helps!

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pigeon_si Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Mar 2009	03-31-2009, 03:30 PM Had the same problem when i bought my 1.7 diesel, took it back to the place where i bought it from as the car was still under warranty, and they spoke to Honda, who said that there was a faulty batch of turbos and mine was one of them, so they took it to the nearest honda garage and got it change and not had a problem since. And it sounds very much like you could also have one of the faulty turbos, well worth a look into if its not going to cost you anything to get it fixed.

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renaulthater Junior Member Posts: 6 Join Date: May 2007	04-22-2009, 09:52 PM Hi, 3 problems spring to mind with this fault... turbo fault prone if the car is not driven as it suposed to be eg not revved above 3k the turbo vanes get sooted up.....turbo requires replacing...the valve for the turbo (above the o/s drive shaft there are two valves one (( i think is for the egr)) the other is for the turbo, these corrode inside causing the casing to crack thus creates a leak in the vacume side. Codes would be helpfull......

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renaulthater Junior Member Posts: 6 Join Date: May 2007	04-22-2009, 09:54 PM Also ive had two casses where the fuel filter was fitted the wrong way round the blead screw should be facing the windsreen not the radiator.. the other problem i have had is the air flow meter again this depends on the fault codes...

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car-zone Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA	03 Honda Civic 1.7 Loss of power - 04-26-2009, 05:23 PM I've got a 54 plate 1.7 diesel civic UK that yesterday suffered a major bout of power loss,It wouldn't accelerate over 2500 rpms and i couldn't hear the turbo kick in,I've took it today to my local honda main dealer who told me if i restarted the car more than 3 times it will have cleared the computers memory of recorded faults??? and thus theres nothing they can do? is this true on this model? It sounds like a turbo fault to me but unless the computer records a fault theres nothing they can do about it.Anyone heard of this? I thought the computer recorded fault codes indefinately until they hooked up the fault code reader and reset them? car zone

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jbrags Junior Member Posts: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010	01-27-2010, 01:15 PM oh no you have not driven it in 14 months you got some work ahead of you hopefully the fuel injectors arent fouled up you might need a battery change oil/filter keep your fingers crossed and see if she fires up and runs ok?