1992 Honda Civic lsi from Iceland - Comments

Radiator replaced one week after buying it. gearbox grinds in reverse and 3rd rust is everywhere sticky gearbox hard to get from 1st to second gear.

Very poor performance acts like an turbo doesn't take off until it reaches 2300rpm beneath that it hardly moves.

If anyone has any idea why my car acts this way please tel me I can't afford to go to an mechanic.

A thirteen year old car can hardly be described as a lemon. 172000 Kl when you got it? Previous owners have had the best out of this car before you. You only get a lemon if you by a new or nearly new car and it turns out wrong then that's a lemon.

Your old, high-mileage car is sluggish for one reason (times 3) : Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance! The gear oil in the transmission has probably never been changed, and probably has the viscosity of asphalt. Drain it out and replace it with new, but be careful to use the correct replacement fluid as specified in the owners manual. Some manual transmissions actually specify to use Automatic Transmission Fluid, and not the 90-weight gear oil that you might first expect. There's a good chance that it is sluggish because it needs new spark plugs, wires, and a distributor cap, not to mention a few cans of carburetor cleaner. Do that, and you are bound to see some improvements.

Stop complaining about your car and just be happy with it. Its old, has high mileage, and has a lot of abuse. From my experience with Honda's and Mitsubishi's, I would be glad if the only problems I had were the simple ones you listed above, and I would have been very happy to drive them also. If you can't get over those insignificant problems, then you should of bought a new car. It won't be much better either since plenty of new car owners would love to have your car over theirs.

What can anyone say? It's a Honda. That explains it all.

Any ideas what kind of oil goes in my car I don't have the owners manual I've been serching all over for a manual.

Now my honda civic realy grinds gears in reverse and 3rd I need to know what it is so plz anyone tell me what I can do.

Try ordinary engine oil in the transmission, say 10w-30,or from a dealer Honda Manual Transmission Oil.

The gear grinding has stopped. I just have to begin with putting it in 4th before I put it in reverse, and I cannot change from 4th to 3rd - if I do that it grinds gears.

Other than that, nothing has gone wrong.

Just needs a new cam belt.

You most likely have a hydraulic clutch, check the fluid. P.s. it use's dot 3 brake fluid.

Writer of survey...

The syncros where just broken.

And the timing belt tensioner broke at 182323km

and bent the valves.

So change the belt!!!

Just bought a 92 dx civic ugly, but in very good mecanical shape.

Check your fuel filter, if it is plugged replace, add a little automatic tranny fluid to the gas tank, and about 1 quart to your engine oil next maintance. ATF acts as a detergent, thus cleaning your fuel and motor for cheaper than a adding fuel injector cleaner, and in my opinion much better. If it is still sluggish, check timing, and it is possible someone might of got your cam pulley a tooth off on the timing belt also, it would be retarded one degree, that's why you would have no power untell higher RPM's, good luck.