20 Most Recent 1988 Honda Civic 2 Door - Page 2 Questions & Answers

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

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.

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)

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

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.

It is located in the fuel tank.

engine noise or a transmission noise??

did you replace the rad cap? You would be surprised how much the cap has to do with the circulation.

coil

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 problem is in the switch down on your brake pedal. It's adjustable, sounds like your button on this switch is staying out rather than going in when you release the brake. Good luck.

make sure the first plug is top dead center pullling the plug out have a friend bump the key why you hold a screwdriver in the plug hole you will feel are coming out when you are on the compression stroke set the destibuator with top bolt centerd you will be close enough to perfect

mostlikly you need to replace your timing belt due to were and heat it will strech out throwing your timing off the setting to start off with honda is pretty simple just center the top bolt on the distriberdor

working on the same problem give me a hour

the break light switch is under the dash connected to the break peddel

Sounds like your fuel pump relay is going bad. On most honda models this is located under the dash on the driver's side of the car. If the relay is okay, then the next step would be to replace the iginition switch. On my 1988 Honda it would not start up after I shut it off and went into the store and came back out. My brother's Honda would just shut down when turning a corner or changing lanes. After changing his fuel pump and fuel filter, we changed the ignition switch and that solved the problem. If I were you I would change the ignition switch.

Get a 88 Civic CRX. I've installed one in mine and it work fine