87 accord won't idle after fuel pump replacement

Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 1

1987 Honda Accord 2.0 carb, bought for my daughter, in an attempt to fix a rough running engine after 10 to 15 minutes of driving, both fuel filters were replaced, the plugs were replaced, the wires were replaced, the distributor cap and rotor were replaced, the coil was replaced, next, I attempted to replace the fuel pump sock, but had to replace the fuel pump and sock, in an error on my part, I dropped the tank to replace it. Once back together, the engine will start, run on high idle, then when it is to return to normal idle, the engine dies, you can keep it running by keeping the accelerator depressed, but, once you let it return to normal, the engine dies, you can restart the engine, but, once again it dies. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

External Since: Dec 15, 2004 Posts: 101

david12314 wrote:

> 1987 Honda Accord 2.0 carb, bought for my daughter, in an attempt to
> fix a rough running engine after 10 to 15 minutes of driving, both
> fuel filters were replaced, the plugs were replaced, the wires were
> replaced, the distributor cap and rotor were replaced, the coil was
> replaced, next, I attempted to replace the fuel pump sock, but had to
> replace the fuel pump and sock, in an error on my part, I dropped the
> tank to replace it. Once back together, the engine will start, run on
> high idle, then when it is to return to normal idle, the engine dies,
> you can keep it running by keeping the accelerator depressed, but,
> once you let it return to normal, the engine dies, you can restart the
> engine, but, once again it dies. Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.

Dirty idle jet would be my first guess. Fixing that requires opening up
the carb. Basic carb cleaning on that car isn't too bad though: remove
the air breather, and you'll see (if memory serves) five or six
Philips-head bolts. Pull them out, and take loose the arms the push the
choke and acceleration pump, and just lift the top of carb off. From
there you can blow out the various jets and passageways, and make sure
the float bowl is clean while you're in there. Be careful blasting air
through though, one of the tubes toward the back of the carb body has a
bead valve that'll go flying if you don't cover it up first.

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