91 Accord Wont start.... Help me plz... :'(

[Aries1911]

Bought my car last august.. 91 Accord LX.. ran fine.. then my s light came on.. replaced my transmission bout a month ago. Now it doesn't want to start, or it will after fighting me over it.. lol Had my dad pull my spark plugs.. they are covered in motor oil, but still spark. Not corroaded or anything.. Can my dad do the seal over on his own? or do i have to take it somewhere? and would not having a heat sheild on my starter cause it not to start when its hot out?
Thank you!

['93accordse]

well if its just the gasket around the spark plug holes causing oil in your plugs then your dad can do that on his own.

[c mak]

no cover over the starter would not affect anything.

As far as no start goes, more details are needed. You said you have spark, so do you have fuel pressure? Does the car crank over, to show that the starter IS good? Check your grounds or battery.

[Aries1911]

Yea.. it cranks and tries to start.. i have spark, but how do i check fuel pressure? I put the gas pedal on the floor one day and turned it and it started.. if that helps any..
It starts when it feels like it.. i went out about 6 this morning just to see if it would start.. started right up didnt touch the pedals or nothin.. But then some days when i do that it cranks and never starts.

[BLKWLF]

Yeah its the Mainboard Relay. I think pretty much everyone on this forum has had this problem. Changed mine almost a year ago and never had a problem since.

[HybridKyle]

Sounds like some resoldering of the main relay is in order...

[phiend]

Sounds like some resoldering of the main relay is in order...

I had starting issues also, and after I resoldered the main relay they disappeared .

['90 H22 CB7]

To check the main relay, just pull it out (should be underneath the dash), and check for hairline cracks in the soldering. There's also just listening for the clicking sound it makes when you turn on the ignition.

[Aries1911]

ok so i should check that first? where would i get a new one? or can i just buy a soddering gun and fix it that way? My dad thinks its my fuel pump.. i've heard distributor.. an a whole list of other stuff.. could any of these other things be wrong?

[kouzie]

I was rich(j/k) so I went to NAPA and brought one brand new for $55

[HondaFan81]

OEM new main relays are like $60. I'd get the OEM for that price difference.

[kouzie]

OEM new main relays are like $60. I'd get the OEM for that price difference.

where you get your at?

look just like oem at napa...nothing I can tell that is different....

HONDA charge over $100(where I live)...forget that..
why pay so much if all it does is the same job plus there is no different between the two

[phiend]

ok so i should check that first? where would i get a new one? or can i just buy a soddering gun and fix it that way? My dad thinks its my fuel pump.. i've heard distributor.. an a whole list of other stuff.. could any of these other things be wrong?

My father thought it was my fuel pump as well...but like I posted previously, after soldering the main relay its started fine ever since.

I just bought a soldering iron, goggled soldering to learn how, and 20 minutes later I was done. From what I learned you want to use an iron, not a gun on electronic parts.

This should do nicely.

[HybridKyle]

The soldering tool you want to use is the small electronics one,(LIKE THE ONE IN THE LINK ABOVE)...and I just re-soldered everything in there. No problems since then!!

[phiend]

The soldering tool you want to use is the small electronics one,(LIKE THE ONE IN THE LINK ABOVE)...and I just re-soldered everything in there. No problems since then!!

Someone above mentioned to look for cracked solder joints. When I inspected mine, I could see no cracks, even with a magnifying glass. So I just resoldered all the joints just like you did.

edit: Enjoy the time you spend in the position you'll need to be in to remove it.