# 1998 Honda Civic 1.6L Ignition Timing Not Aligning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948 "2018-08-29T04:27:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Morris\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Morris\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Morris_Castillo)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948/83 "2018-09-01T08:04:23Z")

</div>

Do any of you know what’s the percentage that the throttle body should be opend at ? When it’s closed

The absolute throttle position % ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Morris\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Morris\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Morris_Castillo)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948/84 "2018-09-01T08:54:28Z")

</div>

I think I found the problem on my car, with idling.

When I try to calibrate my tps, the voltage I get when the throttle body is closed is .52 and open 4.62

Is that bad ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Morris\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Morris\_Castillo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Morris_Castillo)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948/85 "2018-09-01T08:56:11Z")

</div>

Supposedly the cara tps should be at .50 closed and 4.50 open but I can seem to get to there.

If I put it there the absolute throttle position is at 8.6, when it should be at 9.8 or 10.2 that’s what I’m wondering too

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948/86 "2018-09-04T02:51:15Z")

</div>

i think you should send it out to be properly diagnosed, or if you insist…go spend the $25 for a Hayes or Chilton manual that covers this car.

Yosemite

[Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-honda-civic-1-6l-ignition-timing-not-aligning/123948.md?page=4)