AboutGary J. Meyer II Expertise The types of questions I can answer would be related to Honda automobile diagnosis and repair procedures. I can't diagnose every car via email because some tests just require a good old fashion road test.
Experience I am a Honda automobile technician with twenty years of new car dealership experience. My first few years as a Honda tech date back to when Honda cars were still offered in carburated models. In the last few years, I've been exposed to the integration of hybrid powered cars, the Natural Gas powered GX Civic, and electronic features ranging from voice activated GPS navigation to power sliding doors. I have been certified as an ASE Master Technician and passed the L1 Advanced Engine Performance test in 2000. I opened my own independent import repair shop specializing in but not limited to Honda automobiles in 2008. Operating my own shop has re-energized my enthusiasm for automobiles.
Publications a few articles www.articlesbase.com, advertisement in East Coast Ink Magazine Spring 2009 and Fall 2009
Education/Credentials ASE Certification, attending American Honda's training center and web based training American Honda provided, New car dealership management training
Awards and Honors 3 time Honda Top Tech finalist, achieved Honda Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Level Training status,achieved a training level of 99 percent of all current American Honda Traning center Modules and self study proformance modules in 1999, Re-certified ASE Master technician, L1 Advanced engine performance ASE certification
Question A general ?. Went to start car & it sounded as if coughing/grinding so shut it down. Tried to start it and no way. Waited 20 minutes & it started & ran rough. Shut it down & waited 30 minutes & started it & runs fine. Do cars backfire or whatever today. When it did whatever it had a bad smell. No trouble lights came on. Was it just a missfire. Car is a 2001. Ahould I have it put on the scope and checked?
Thanks for any help
Answer Cars today still backfire if the conditions are present to cause a back fire. If the car had a misfire that was bad enough to cause damage to the catalytic converter it would have had a flashing or steady check engine light. If the car has been trouble free since this event I suspect the car could have been slightly flooded. A scenario that can cause a Honda to flood would be if it were started and moved out of the garage to wash it let's say. If the engine is turned off before it runs more than a minute or so,then the car was restarted after it was washed and placed back in the garage. Now, on Monday the car is started to go to work and it runs rough and misfires. If this is similar to the conditions that proceeded the misfire just make sure you let the engine warm up several minutes before turning off the engine.
