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> Hi everyone, I have a problem with my 1997 CRV with 90k miles on it
>
> We have had some heavy rain over the last couple days, I went to my car
> today and it started up no problem, drove down the hill and did a
> u-turn, all of a sudden the engine sould not accelerate very well. It
> began to shake a shudder but not stop. I was able to gain speed but
> very slowly. Then the Check Engine light came on. I quickly pulled over
> and parked. I found that my oil was down to 1 QT or less!?!?!?! What
> happened to my oil? I filled it back up. Whne i started the car in park
> and reved the engine it moved smooth, but as soon as i put it in gear
> the enging once again began to shudder on acceleration, or lack of
> acceleration i should say. It's still raining so i havene't been able
> to do any other checks to it and i don;t have the tool to check the
> error code from the check enginge light. When i stopped the car again
> and put it in park it continued to have a rublimg shaking when
> accelerating. The enging however isn't making any rattiling or pinging
> noises.
>
> I was wondering if this could possibly be a sparking issue or if it is
> probably something worse? I'm worried there may be a blown head gasket
> from the lack of oil or that may have done worst things. My oil
> Pressure light never turned on though. Please any help would be
> appretiated.
>
> Please respond with any information as i can very little online and i
> can't find my Chilton book.
>
> Dan Butler
>


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You could have water in the gas, or condensation in the distributor cap,
and you need to check the oil when the manual says to. (each time you
fill with gas). Perform the 'lamp check' to be sure any warning lights
aren't burnt out.

You're due for a valve adjustment too, but that has different symptoms.
Do it every 30,000 miles, when you're changing the Dual Pump Fluid in
the rear differential.

Meantime, a full tank of gasohol might clear up the sputtering, or at
least run a can of injector cleaner thru it seasonally.

'Curly'