Hello all. I will try to be as breif as I can.
I have a 91 Honda Accord LX 2 door. I have had the same troubles starting the car in the heat as the rest of some of you had and I am aware of the Relay problem. I bought a sun visor that fixed this at most times. Here is the situation:
I was driving a mile down the road after it got cooler(so I could start it) and it suddenly died on me right in the middle of a dang 4 way highway. When it died, there was no sputtering, no nothing. It just lost power and I had to coast it onto a median.
Ok, I was very low on gas. I walked and put gas into. The oil barely touched the dipstick and I was low on antifreeze. I have replaced oil and antifreeze when I got a freind to tow it to my house. Now it will not start at all, even in the dead of night or morning. It will turn over like it is trying and it is a strong turn over as I also got a brand new battery.
My mechanic freind says it is getting fuel but no spark as he did the screwdriver in the spark plug test. So he says he can hear the fuel pump go on, however when I stick my key into the ignition and simply put it into run position without trying to crank, the engine light comes on and off, but I can't hear the fuel pump coming on. After reading some posts on these forums, they say that is a sign of the main relay. But mabye I just am not hearing it come on.
I have had my starter and timing belt replaced in the last two years. I have had my distributor replaced within the last seven years. I don't drive hardly at all now and have 280,000 miles on car. I have had some wires replaced that caused me to only stay into 2 gears about 5 years ago. Brand New battery from only a week ago. Anyway, on to the questions:
1. I have not replaced or soldered my main relay yet. But could that cause it to die in the middle of the road going about 20mph?
2. It will not start at all now, period. Even with new oil, gas, and anti-freeze. Even in cool weather. I always had problems starting it in hot weather, but when it cooled down it would start.
Now it just turns over strongly but never ignites.
3. I opened up the panel box to try to take out my main relay, but it started to rain. I did notice a big female connecter that could probally fit into a 50 cent peice without the corners sticking out, just hanging loose beside that box I have to take out to get to my Relay. Wonder what that is? Its underneath the left hand side of the dash. Edit: My freind told me that was part of my alarm system that I haven't used since I bought the car 9 years ago.
4. Kinda geared toward my first question. But does once the main relay kicks in, then is it out of the picture into you turn off the car and start it again? I am going to solder that thing anyway to finally fix the hot weather problem, but for some reason I think its more than that with my current situation.
Sorry for such a long and rambling post, but I am desperate and please excuse any misspellings.
Thanks in advance!!!
I have a 91 Honda Accord LX 2 door. I have had the same troubles starting the car in the heat as the rest of some of you had and I am aware of the Relay problem. I bought a sun visor that fixed this at most times. Here is the situation:
I was driving a mile down the road after it got cooler(so I could start it) and it suddenly died on me right in the middle of a dang 4 way highway. When it died, there was no sputtering, no nothing. It just lost power and I had to coast it onto a median.
Ok, I was very low on gas. I walked and put gas into. The oil barely touched the dipstick and I was low on antifreeze. I have replaced oil and antifreeze when I got a freind to tow it to my house. Now it will not start at all, even in the dead of night or morning. It will turn over like it is trying and it is a strong turn over as I also got a brand new battery.
My mechanic freind says it is getting fuel but no spark as he did the screwdriver in the spark plug test. So he says he can hear the fuel pump go on, however when I stick my key into the ignition and simply put it into run position without trying to crank, the engine light comes on and off, but I can't hear the fuel pump coming on. After reading some posts on these forums, they say that is a sign of the main relay. But mabye I just am not hearing it come on.
I have had my starter and timing belt replaced in the last two years. I have had my distributor replaced within the last seven years. I don't drive hardly at all now and have 280,000 miles on car. I have had some wires replaced that caused me to only stay into 2 gears about 5 years ago. Brand New battery from only a week ago. Anyway, on to the questions:
1. I have not replaced or soldered my main relay yet. But could that cause it to die in the middle of the road going about 20mph?
2. It will not start at all now, period. Even with new oil, gas, and anti-freeze. Even in cool weather. I always had problems starting it in hot weather, but when it cooled down it would start.
Now it just turns over strongly but never ignites.
3. I opened up the panel box to try to take out my main relay, but it started to rain. I did notice a big female connecter that could probally fit into a 50 cent peice without the corners sticking out, just hanging loose beside that box I have to take out to get to my Relay. Wonder what that is? Its underneath the left hand side of the dash. Edit: My freind told me that was part of my alarm system that I haven't used since I bought the car 9 years ago.
4. Kinda geared toward my first question. But does once the main relay kicks in, then is it out of the picture into you turn off the car and start it again? I am going to solder that thing anyway to finally fix the hot weather problem, but for some reason I think its more than that with my current situation.
Sorry for such a long and rambling post, but I am desperate and please excuse any misspellings.
Thanks in advance!!!
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