redlinevtec
Well-Known Member
its weird, but my car only drops the revs once the idle is stabilized to 7-800rpm. I can't replicated it after starting the car and having it idle at 1500rpm.
a clogged cat is easy to diagnose...have the car running and someone else in the drivers seat. go to the back of the car and have them rev it...if there's not much air (or none...i've seen it) coming from the pipe, the cat is done. from my experience, if its clogged, it causes more drivability issues than just dropping revs at idle.
from what i've gathered online, its a sticky valve inside the transmission. i'm not a trans expert, so i dont know what that all entails. the torque converter would be bad if the shifts were hard, at wrong times, or randomly changing gears. i'm planning on it requiring a new/rebuilt/junkyard trans unless i can figure out or hear otherwise...
sticky valve? I don't know. Like I said I up shift and downshift smooth like butter. The idle just drops to 400-500 rpms in gear. :/ Maybe the TPS sensor? Hondaluver said I should clean the throttle body. That may help.