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Help with 88 civic, high idle, dies when given gas
TAZNGOOFY
Oct 25, 2010, 01:38 PM
Have 88 civic, will start , idles high, starts bogging down and sputtering once warm, dies when given gas, white smoke
TxGreaseMonkey
Oct 25, 2010, 04:30 PM
It sounds like a blown head gasket, which is allowing coolant to be burned. The characteristic white smoke, and performance, is telltale.