Rough Civic

gemithomas · 26th October 2007, 12:28

One of my friends just bought a second hand Civic (He's outside india). He complains of some sort of roughness in the engine. He feels as if the car is being pulled back by something. No jerking of no fluctuating rpm at idle.

He said that it feels like an engine before it has done its runing in. Like it does not feel smooth.

The car has done 24K km and is an automatic.

Is it normal for the Civic Engine to feel like this. Is there anything that could be checked in order to confirm if there is anything wrong. He's a but sceptic since its a second hand one. Not sure how the car was treated by the earlier owner.

HELP!!

Shan2nu · 26th October 2007, 14:45

Does this happen only when the A/C is switched on or even when he drives without it?

Shan2nu

gemithomas · 26th October 2007, 15:03

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Originally Posted by Shan2nu

Does this happen only when the A/C is switched on or even when he drives without it?

Shan2nu

Its always like that. Before buying it he thought it was just that the car needed a service. But even ater service and changing of air filter and oil filter it feels the same.

chetanhanda · 26th October 2007, 21:18

You need to be more specific about the issue... this is a very vague description.

gemithomas · 26th October 2007, 21:31

could it be something like the gear does not move to the higher levels based on the speed increase? could it be something to do with the automatic gears?
just curoius!!

26th October 2007, 12:28	#1
gemithomas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 2,366 Thanked: 143 Times View My Garage	Rough Civic One of my friends just bought a second hand Civic (He's outside india). He complains of some sort of roughness in the engine. He feels as if the car is being pulled back by something. No jerking of no fluctuating rpm at idle. He said that it feels like an engine before it has done its runing in. Like it does not feel smooth. The car has done 24K km and is an automatic. Is it normal for the Civic Engine to feel like this. Is there anything that could be checked in order to confirm if there is anything wrong. He's a but sceptic since its a second hand one. Not sure how the car was treated by the earlier owner. HELP!!
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26th October 2007, 14:45	#2
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	Does this happen only when the A/C is switched on or even when he drives without it? Shan2nu
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26th October 2007, 21:18	#4
chetanhanda BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 887 Thanked: 49 Times View My Garage	You need to be more specific about the issue... this is a very vague description.
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26th October 2007, 21:31	#5
gemithomas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 2,366 Thanked: 143 Times View My Garage	could it be something like the gear does not move to the higher levels based on the speed increase? could it be something to do with the automatic gears? just curoius!!
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