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89 Acura Integra LS- Car starts and runs for a few minutes ...
Sent to Car Experts April 14 08:29 PM

89 Acura Integra LS- Car starts and runs for a few minutes when cold and then dies.
No spark.

 

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1989 Acura Integra LS 1.6 twin cam

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Status:  Closed   Value: $15
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April 14 8:48 PM (19 minutes and 44 seconds later)
         
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could be a bad distributor... the timing is advanced when you first start the car and then retards after it is warmed up. if it is not producing spark when the timing retards it may very well be the distributor.

it could also be your idle air control valve or even your ecu, but i'd start at the distributor and go from there.

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