Civc owner

[civc_89]

Hi Everyone

I am new to Jap cars, I was told they run for years so when i found a Honda civc 89 g reg going for £70 and taxed till december m.o.t till july you don't let it go i do own a clio grande 2000 reg 1.2 the honda is a 1.4 gl not the turbo version i am a big clio and renault fan but after i have drove the civc today well i love it absoultly fantastic done less miles than my clio got electric windows sun roof PAS the lot and also im a trainee level 3 mechanic so any problems you guys have i might be able to help but i do need some help in how to tune up carbs as mine has two of them yipppppeeeeee high octane numbers for me

Sorry for long essay my names Matt please to meet you all

[TTDegs]

Hi Matt, and welcome aboard

we have a few members in here who have owned various models of the Civic, so hopefully someone might know what they're doing

My own experience of carbs was back on a twin webber 1.3 Fiesta Sport - but that was a good few years back!

[alastair b]

Welcome Matt.

[m4rky]

Originally Posted by civc_89

but i do need some help in how to tune up carbs as mine has two of them yipppppeeeeee high octane numbers for me

Hi Matt welcome to the forum - ok twin carbs this is easy and as your a mechanic even easier.

1. Make sure that all of the air hoses / fuel hoses are in good shape

2. Look at the mechnical linkages that activate both carbs. They need to move in sync and open the butterflys at exactly the same time. Take your time doing this as this will make the whole job a lot easier.

3. Start the engine and let it get to normal operating temp as now we are going to set the mixture of each carb. The easiest way to do this at home is to use a tool called a colour tune. It simply replaces one of the spark plugs and as the engine runs you can actually see the colour of the ignited fuel in the cylinder. You simply adjust the air/fuel screw on the carb until the desired colour is acheived. Set each carb individually as one carb will feed cylinders 1 and 2 and the other carb cylinders 3 and 4. If you do have access to a workshop, complete this stage using a 4 gas analyser.

4. Next the carbs need to be balanced - this means that the air flow travelling down each venturi is equal at idle. This is where your earlier work of setting up the mechanisims pays off . You need a simple airflow meter which is held in the venturi airflow. Measure both of the carbs and alter the idle screw on both until the required idle speed is acheived with equal airflow through both carbs. This air flow measurement can also be measured using a vacuum gauge but beleive me its a lot harder!!

5. Re-check the mixture and adjust if necessary and that's it

Good luck and if you need any more help just ask

[Munro]

Hi Matt

Amazing a Civic for less than what Honda asks for a set of car mats new ! Running bargain cars is great fun and you learn a lot keeping them running. A profesional Mechanic will be very useful to the site.

[civc_89]

Thankyou all for such a warm welcome well i may not be a ace mechanic but i do have a strong point in engines thankyou for the info on carb's i have a webber lieing around so i may be using that as for my engine its a 1.4 gl its the 16v sohc wish it was a dohc but its not oh well they never made them anyway well they did but with a boring stinky CAT on lol thankyou to all you will be seeing more of me around

Matt

P.s will post some pics up of my car and stae what work i am going to do to it and a few photoshops anthor one of my strong points if you guys need say a set of wheels sticking on your car or tint windows or anything i can do it in photoshop just get me a side view front and back view email pics to ebdon88@googlemail.com subject PHOTOSHOP PLEASE!!! and i will do you one and send back