# 1989 honda accord idle almost dies when put in gear,or when reved up then off accelerator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 27, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279 "2008-03-27T22:16:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonesy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@jonesy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jonesy)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279/1 "2008-03-27T22:16:31Z")

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Looking to buy a nice little honda that idles good,but when you put it in gear it sounds like its going to die r.p.m.wise.Is there a sensor for that?

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279/2 "2008-03-27T23:49:53Z")

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EX. LX, or LXi

The first two are carburated and the last, injected.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279/3 "2008-03-28T01:53:42Z")

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… and manual or automatic?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-honda-accord-idle-almost-dies-when-put-in-gear-or-when-reved-up-then-off-accelerator/12279/4 "2008-03-28T10:54:14Z")

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If it is a carburetor then it sure sounds like a bad accelerator pump. That should be a simple repair.