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TommyVercetti

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I drive a 2000 Honda Civic. Recently, I have noticed that acceleration has been slow and laggy. The car is getting less responsive. I am going to take it to a mechanic tomorrow, but I want to atleast have an idea what could be wrong. As far as I know, the spark plugs have never been changed. What could cause this?

Oh and I already know that Civic's have slow acceleration.
 
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air cleaner element needs to be replaced, plugs, cap/rotor, oil (to an extent), car running in limp mode, alot of things
 
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Cyberian

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I drive a 2000 Honda Civic. Recently, I have noticed that acceleration has been slow and laggy. The car is getting less responsive. I am going to take it to a mechanic tomorrow, but I want to atleast have an idea what could be wrong. As far as I know, the spark plugs have never been changed. What could cause this?

Oh and I already know that Civic's have slow acceleration.
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Unfortunately, it could be any number of things, How many miles are on the car, and has anything been done to it recently?

 
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TommyVercetti

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The car has 40K miles on it. Nothing has been done to it, no major repairs or anything. Infact, other then brakes, no work has been done on it.
 
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flxnimprtmscl

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Lol, I was going to say you'd already listed your problem but you admitted it. Anywho, it could be anything from injectors that are getting cloged, plugs, wires, fuel filter, etc. Whatever it is it will be something in either your fuel or ignition system I'd bet.
 
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m2kewl

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did you follow maintenance manual for checkups? you should of had the plugs changed last year.
 
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m2kewl

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: m2kewl
did you follow maintenance manual for checkups? you should of had the plugs changed last year.
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Dealer said they didn't need to be changed.
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well my bet would also be with something with ignition or fuel system. see what the mechanic says. you've just reminded me my si needs the valve clearances checked.
 
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white

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well before you take it in, do a tune up on it to change regular maintenance items such as your air filter, oil, oil filter, spark plugs and fuel filter.
 
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Originally posted by: notfred
Tiny 1.6L engines cause poor acceleration.
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The 95 in my parents' driveway has a 1.5L. Smallest, wussiest engine you can get even for that car! What's funny is that an old 2.0S Prelude couldn't keep up (from a stop) :p
 
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Cyberian

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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Lol, I was going to say you'd already listed your problem but you admitted it. Anywho, it could be anything from injectors that are getting cloged, plugs, wires, fuel filter, etc. Whatever it is it will be something in either your fuel or ignition system I'd bet.
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Well now, that sounds like a pretty safe bet!



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Originally posted by: zCypher
Originally posted by: notfred
Tiny 1.6L engines cause poor acceleration.
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The 95 in my parents' driveway has a 1.5L. Smallest, wussiest engine you can get even for that car! What's funny is that an old 2.0S Prelude couldn't keep up (from a stop) :p
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My '92 (dx) has a 1.5l. 106 horsies. Fairly peppy in 2nd and 3rd gear as long as you rev it high. (taking 2nd to 45-50, and third to 75-80) 0-60 is crap though.

 
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BatmanNate

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I drive a 2000 Honda Civic. Recently, I have noticed that acceleration has been slow and laggy. The car is getting less responsive. I am going to take it to a mechanic tomorrow, but I want to atleast have an idea what could be wrong. As far as I know, the spark plugs have never been changed. What could cause this?

Oh and I already know that Civic's have slow acceleration.
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If it hasn't been done, you might change your plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, and possibly clean your injectors if the car has decent mileage on it already. But after all it is a Honda Civic, not really a big accelerator to begin with.
 
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