Honda Civic engine is losing power

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Asked by GuruD94RD Aug 04, 2017 at 05:00 AM about the 2002 Honda Civic LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hi everybody, I need advice on how to fix
my Honda Civic 2002. It has been giving
me a hard time for nearly over a month.
Around 40 days ago, my car suddenly lost
power and the temperature sign went all
the way up while i was driving. Then I
figured the coolant was over. I put enough
coolant in radiotar. After couple of hours,
as the engine cooled down, the car started
working fine. But the day after that, it
started overheating when the car was in
idle at ttraffic signals and the temperature
would go back to normal after i started
driving. I took it to many mechanics. They
changed thermostat, fan system, and they
couldn't find out any problem. They told
me that the only possible reason of the
engine overheating at that point was head
gasket. I tried blue devil sealent. The next
day I drove the car 7 hours and I got stuck
in traffic jam for 10 minutes. Then the
engine again lost power and as I kept
driving it overheated. Now that has
become the habit of my car. Every time I
drive my 2-3 days, at some point it loses
power and starts overheating. I need help
and any suggestions. The last mechanic I
talked to told me the reason for engine
losing power can be catalic converter for
90 percent likelihood

7 Answers

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By the way, it has a check engine sign. When I had it diagnosed, they told me it was about Catalic converter. I never changed it because they told me it doesn't affect drriving a car

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Did you figure this one out? I had same exact issue yesterday with my 2002 Civic.

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My 2006 Honda Civic is losing power as I drive down the road to radio lights go off to dash light to go off and then the car will shut off what is wrong with it

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While driving my 2003 honda civic 5 to 10 minutes all dash board lights go out radio has no power car then quites later i can jump start it and runs fine. Crazy but i can let it idle for 20 minutes everything fine.

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Hi there, Is the first time I answer some in this group, but the problems of Guru and Guru B7 seem related to a sudenn loss of electric power, as it happens with the switch engine ( i do not know the proper word but is where you insert the key) If u are as me, that wear a lot of keys , the extra weight causes the switch fail and it has to be replaced. Hope you luck with your problem

The problem of GuruD94RD seems to me like the cooling fan stops working and that usually happen because defective fuse in the fuse box. or defective relay. keep in touch.

Any idea why a 2003 honda civic hybrid would lose power going uphill? It's not the battery. I was thinking maybe the coil pack??

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