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Old 02-15-2011, 08:22 AM
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Hey guys,

So my car when I go into idling, whether at a stop light, or whatever, or if I throw it into neutral, the rpms go extremely low, around 300 rpm and sometimes it will readjust, and go to about 700-800 rpm. However, sometimes like this morning it will go down that low and then die. What on earth is this? There are no codes spitting out no lights on, nothing. It just does it randomly. I could really use anyones help. It is honestly starting to make me mad...

Oh in the event you need to know, I own a 2001 honda civic LX sedan. Thanks guys!

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Old 02-15-2011, 09:15 AM
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It sounds like a vacuum leak. It will throw a code if it gets too bad.
 
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Old 02-15-2011, 09:43 AM
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A vacuum leak? It hasn't been throwing a code. Its been over a month and this has been happening the whole time. Is there a way that I can figure out where that leak would be? Is there like a machine that would tell me that?
 
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