Honda Civic/Acura Integra

from 1994 launch

Repair and operation of the car

System of control of speed (темпостат) – general information and check of usefulness of functioning

Tempostat allows to support the speed automatically chosen of the movement of the car. The servomotor of a tempostat is located in a reason compartment, it concentrated on a fender of the left wing and one adheres for a thread to the sketch of a valve of butterfly. The component principals of the system are the servomotor, the switch of sensor of lights of the brake, switches of the management, sensors of the speed and executive alternations. The check of separate functions of the system demands the use of the special diagnostic equipment and his realization is on the outside of the qualification of the middle amateur mechanic. The description only of proceedings of the most general checks that they allow to establish the reasons of the most typical refusals of a tempostat happens down.

ORDER OF REALIZATION

1. Find a lock of security of a tempostat and check his state (to see locks of Security - the general information).
2. The operation of the brake of foot of the switch of sensor of lights of the brake that they react squeezing of a pedal will lead to the stoppage of a tempostat. Ask a spectator to pinch it had been a pedal of brake and if it secures of the usefulness of the operation of lights of the brake.
3. If the lights of the brake do not react squeezing of a pedal, they discover a cause of the failure and the repeated check of the usefulness of the functioning of a tempostat.

4. Check a condition of the arranged thread of driving of the meeting of the servomotor/ampliador of a tempostat (companion sees an illustration) to the sketch of a valve of butterfly. Substitute the damaged or used thread.

5. The monitorização of the speed of the movement of the car is the base to work of a tempostat. The sensor of the speed is put in the transmission, the description of his check is supplied in the Head of the System of control of the motor of the present manual.
6. Do races of proof of the car. If it was not got to remove the violation of the functioning of a tempostat in the course done corrections, to expel the car in the workshop of repairs of the car of the most detailed diagnostic one of the system with the use of the special equipment.