My 1st guess would be one dead cylinder. Either dead injector, broken spark
plug wire that got affected by moisture from the rain, moisture in the
distributor, or a bad spark plug. Google and then read the code. That's the
1st step in diagnosing.

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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
>