Lude Generation

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Hi Folks,

Picked up the latest car I'm taking on today you may have seen some pics I posted in another thread, but here she is out in the light of day



Even after years in storage it really shifts, can't wait to get it on the road needs to be taxed and tested, but first need to sort out the seized brakes and get it idling right when up to temp. And figure out why the ALB light is intermittently flashing (could be because of the seized brakes?). Not too much to tackle though, so I'm hoping I should be out in it very soon

Yeah!!! Nice one bud! Welcome to the club

What engine has she got?

Welcome along fellow 3rd gen Accord owner They are brilliant cars! What engine has yours got in it, and is it carb'd or injected?


If your ALB light is flickering, a seized calliper would almost certainly throw the ALB light up. I would say check the brake bulbs as well, as mine did that when a bulb was out (it actually has 3 warning lights for a blown brake bulb - brake light warning, alb warning, and handbrake warning lights!!!!!!!)

As for the idling, have a look on the throttle body. You should see a screw on the driver's side of the TB on the front side. Let the car get warm, and then adjust this screw. It should sort the idle out for you.

NafemanNathan wrote:Yeah!!! Nice one bud! Welcome to the club

What engine has she got?

I like how both Nathan and I ask about the engine right at the start!

Crazy_C wrote:

NafemanNathan wrote:Yeah!!! Nice one bud! Welcome to the club

What engine has she got?

I like how both Nathan and I ask about the engine right at the start!

It would have only been one of us had you read what I wrote

Cheers guys we'll have to start our own secret 3rd Gen Accord section

It's an '87 GSi, so it has a B20A2 iirc, which is PGM-FI

Cheers Dom, I reckon it's a seized calliper as the brake light warning bulb on the crazy retro car diagram thing isn't lit up. I'll double check though, always best to start with the simple stuff. Didn't realise the idle could be adjusted by a screw either! That's handy to know, I'll give it a shot next time I'm at the lockup, see if it cures the idle problem.

I honestly can't wait to get out in this properly, I swear the older a car is the more fun it is to drive!

It's got a B in it?!

Got any more pics?

If it's an '87, and a SOHC, it'll be the A20A, and quite probably the A20A4 (A4 is non-cat, A3 had a cat) It was generally the later models and the few lucky buggers in Japan who had the B20 engines, but that was in the late '88 and '89 models only from memory.

If your engine looks like this, it's an A20A:





As for the idle issues, yea, it's great having that screw. I dropped my idle right down so it would pass the emissions part of the MOT (I have a stage 1 cam and I'm running slightly rich) but after the MOT, I pulled my idle back up again

NafemanNathan wrote:It's got a B in it?!

Got any more pics?

Haha yeah I've driven it about 2 miles today and I'm already in love with that engine

Not got any other photos I'm afraid, other than the ones from before I collected it I was meant to be working today rather than gawping at my Accord so only took the one I'll try and get back over the lockup at the weekend to get some photos better

Crazy_C wrote:If it's an '87, and a SOHC, it'll be the A20A, and quite probably the A20A4 (A4 is non-cat, A3 had a cat) It was generally the later models and the few lucky buggers in Japan who had the B20 engines, but that was in the late '88 and '89 models only from memory.

If your engine looks like this, it's an A20A:





As for the idle issues, yea, it's great having that screw. I dropped my idle right down so it would pass the emissions part of the MOT (I have a stage 1 cam and I'm running slightly rich) but after the MOT, I pulled my idle back up again

It's not an A series, definitely a DOHC B series. There were a handful of GSi models built over the course of a year or so, they all received this engine it's just the A2 part I'm not 100% sure on, but when I had the bonnet open earlier it was definitely DOHC and fuel injected

And yeah screws like those are magic, the Golf has one that I used to exactly the same effect obviously this Accord must be in MOT mode, perfect