Just like the title says.... I own a 1993 Honda Accord LX with 332,000 miles on her. The car runs good ( ran good ) and is it unbelievable condition. The motor runs strong, doesnt burn oil, and has a tiny oil leak at the oil pan that I am going to fix in the near future.
The PROBLEM: Recently I will be driving my accord and all of a sudden the car will shut off. This can be while im going 25 mph or 75 mph...doesnt matter. The check engine light comes on along with the other lights on the dash. Usually my radio is on and it continues to stay on even when the car shuts off and i cruise to a stop.
I have replaced a ton of parts in the past year and a half just as a general maintenance habit and trying to get the most miles out of the car as possible. I change the oil and filer every 3k. I have replaced the Spark Plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, ac compressor, alternator belt, Main Fuel Relay, got a new key cut from Honda, distributor, cap, button, coil pack.
I have been talking to a buddy who owns a shop in NC and only works on HONDAS. He told me he thought it was the EGR Valve that needed to be cleaned. He said that it was probably filled with carbon since i mean the car does have so many miles on it. I took that off and cleaned it and to no avail the car shut off still. So i then cleaned the EGR Ports on the intake manifold. They were really clogged up with carbon. SO i cleaned them out as well as the fuel injectors and down in the spark plug tubes. Sprayed a gunk remover and used a air hose to blow it out and get all that crap and carbon out of there. Let it dry and put everything back together. Took the car out and GOT ON IT hard and i never get on it. I wanted to burn all the gunk up and clear some of the carbon out. Car felt super strong and ran clean. I was drove it home from work last night and the car shut off again.
At this point I am pretty stuck. I am about to change the radiator fluid with the Honda Spec stuff and then I am going to check the grounds and make sure everything is still good. I was also told to check or change the timing but the car idles damn near perfect. So I was hoping that SOMEBODY on this forum had some insight and maybe you have had the same exact problem and could help me.
I just know that by the time i do fix the problem this car will go to 1,000,000 miles with all the maintainence i have done on it. So if anybody has any suggestions or has had this problem before i am open for ideas as all of mine havent fixed the problem. Thanks alot.
The PROBLEM: Recently I will be driving my accord and all of a sudden the car will shut off. This can be while im going 25 mph or 75 mph...doesnt matter. The check engine light comes on along with the other lights on the dash. Usually my radio is on and it continues to stay on even when the car shuts off and i cruise to a stop.
I have replaced a ton of parts in the past year and a half just as a general maintenance habit and trying to get the most miles out of the car as possible. I change the oil and filer every 3k. I have replaced the Spark Plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, ac compressor, alternator belt, Main Fuel Relay, got a new key cut from Honda, distributor, cap, button, coil pack.
I have been talking to a buddy who owns a shop in NC and only works on HONDAS. He told me he thought it was the EGR Valve that needed to be cleaned. He said that it was probably filled with carbon since i mean the car does have so many miles on it. I took that off and cleaned it and to no avail the car shut off still. So i then cleaned the EGR Ports on the intake manifold. They were really clogged up with carbon. SO i cleaned them out as well as the fuel injectors and down in the spark plug tubes. Sprayed a gunk remover and used a air hose to blow it out and get all that crap and carbon out of there. Let it dry and put everything back together. Took the car out and GOT ON IT hard and i never get on it. I wanted to burn all the gunk up and clear some of the carbon out. Car felt super strong and ran clean. I was drove it home from work last night and the car shut off again.
At this point I am pretty stuck. I am about to change the radiator fluid with the Honda Spec stuff and then I am going to check the grounds and make sure everything is still good. I was also told to check or change the timing but the car idles damn near perfect. So I was hoping that SOMEBODY on this forum had some insight and maybe you have had the same exact problem and could help me.
I just know that by the time i do fix the problem this car will go to 1,000,000 miles with all the maintainence i have done on it. So if anybody has any suggestions or has had this problem before i am open for ideas as all of mine havent fixed the problem. Thanks alot.
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