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Posted: 09/14/05
07:09 PM
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Okay, i have a 1991 honda accord lx. I have replaced a lot of stuff. New Motor (swapped), distrubutor, ingnition switch and pigtails, ignition, plugs and wires, o2 sensor, egr valve cleaned, over the past year. Everything was great for about a year. Now i am starting to have problems. Sometimes my car will not run. I thought fuel pump, nope its running. When i try to start it it dies and stutters. If you turn it over for a while, you begin to smell heavy gas, whuch means pump is running. If you pump the gas (hard!) the car will begin to fire! You have to keep pumping the gas to get it to run! It almost stalls for about 10 to 30 seconds. Then it will run. After it gets running, it runs perfect, just won't start! What could be the problem? I am out of solutions. Turn key, turns, turns, turns, pu-pump tries to fire, pump gas hard, starts to fire, sometimes starts sometimes doesn't. Most of the time the car fires right up. No problems however when i get it going!
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Johnswiftm
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Posted: 09/15/05
06:32 AM
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Could be a few different things like bad fuel injectors or a bad fuel pressure regulator or a bad sensor or even bad plugs(fouled out). Need to do some looking and some test on it.
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Posted: 09/15/05
08:34 AM
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Thanks for your input. I will be sure to check everything.
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Posted: 09/17/05
07:51 PM
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Well, i took out the old ingectors, put in some newer ones, put a new fuel filter in, new plugs, fuel pressure regul. Car still has problems starting. I have spark, i checked. The fuel pump fails to run sometimes. So, now i guess i will check the fuel pressure. Anybody have any other ideas. Could it be the main relay. Or the pump. I here the pumps on hondas rarely go out. But, the car runs fine when you get it running. No problems at all. But has problems starting. I am lost. What is wrong?
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Posted: 09/17/05
07:52 PM
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Will not start well after you run it and let it sit for about five minutes. If you hold the throttle open or play with it, it will run. If you don't play with the throttle, it will not even try to fire.
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Posted: 09/20/05
01:28 PM
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I really enjoy my Honda bought it used and put a little money into it. My problem is the Harmonic balance went out and the bolt that holds it on won't budge tried an air gun but it broke the socket. the mechanic wants to try and heat it and see what happens any suggestions other than that it runs great help.
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talkinbot
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Posted: 09/30/05
06:21 PM
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i had the same trouble with my 92 honda accord lx i stuck a wire to jump the blue connector under dash on passenger side then turned on ignition to get the diagnostic code from check engine light my code was one long light then 4 quick lights giving me the code 14 i then called autozone to get code checked and it was the idle air control valve (iac) changed it out and all was fine no more problems
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Posted: 10/13/05
09:21 AM
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![]() talkinbot wrote: i had the same trouble with my 92 honda accord lx i stuck a wire to jump the blue connector under dash on passenger side then turned on ignition to get the diagnostic code from check engine light my code was one long light then 4 quick lights giving me the code 14 i then called autozone to get code checked and it was the idle air control valve (iac) changed it out and all was fine no more problems
Which blue connector under the passagner dah are you referring to? I have a 92 Accord LX 2 door w/ the 5 spd that wont start and the check engine light is one. I would like to check this connector you speak of to get the code if possible. THank you
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eddie
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Posted: 10/27/05
07:11 PM
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![]() talkinbot wrote: i had the same trouble with my 92 honda accord lx i stuck a wire to jump the blue connector under dash on passenger side then turned on ignition to get the diagnostic code from check engine light my code was one long light then 4 quick lights giving me the code 14 i then called autozone to get codfe checked and it was the idle air control valve (iac) changed it out and all was fine no more problems
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eddie
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Posted: 10/27/05
07:14 PM
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dassault, did you ever find out what the problem was? I am interested in knowing what it was. Well, i took out the old ingectors, put in some newer ones, put a new fuel filter in, new plugs, fuel pressure regul. Car still has problems starting. I have spark, i checked. The fuel pump fails to run sometimes. So, now i guess i will check the fuel pressure. Anybody have any other ideas. Could it be the main relay. Or the pump. I here the pumps on hondas rarely go out. But, the car runs fine when you get it running. No problems at all. But has problems starting. I am lost. What is wrong?
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eddie
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Posted: 10/27/05
07:21 PM
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![]() Dassault14 wrote: Okay, i have a 1991 honda accord lx. I have replaced a lot of stuff. New Motor (swapped), distrubutor, ingnition switch and pigtails, ignition, plugs and wires, o2 sensor, egr valve cleaned, over the past year. Everything was great for about a year. Now i am starting to have problems. Sometimes my car will not run. I thought fuel pump, nope its running. When i try to start it it dies and stutters. If you turn it over for a while, you begin to smell heavy gas, whuch means pump is running. If you pump the gas (hard!) the car will begin to fire! You have to keep pumping the gas to get it to run! It almost stalls for about 10 to 30 seconds. Then it will run. After it gets running, it runs perfect, just won't start! What could be the problem? I am out of solutions. Turn key, turns, turns, turns, pu-pump tries to fire, pump gas hard, starts to fire, sometimes starts sometimes doesn't. Most of the time the car fires right up. No problems however when i get it going!
If you have not figured out the problem I may have to answer on what is happening. Under the dash to the left of the steering wheel is a box called the MAIN RELAY. Change that and I think that will do the trick. Had that happen to my parents civic and my accord, 91 and 92. However like I asked before have you figured it out on your own?
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lej5875
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Posted: 12/02/05
02:56 PM
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Its your fuel cut off relay,which is allocated inside the car on the driver side just above the fuse box.Its size of match box.You can pick it second hand for £5.I had same problem.Try that I positive it will work.
let me know how you get on.
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Posted: 12/20/05
08:00 PM
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i have a 92 honda accord and i am wondering were the fuel pump is located. is it in the trunk or do i have to drop the tank?
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T Honda
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Posted: 01/03/06
05:07 PM
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Yes you have to drop the tank
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jenerator
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Posted: 01/14/06
10:44 AM
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hi, was perusing the web for ideas about my own 91 accord ex and came across your post...seems like you might have the knowledge about hondas that may help me...i don't have a lot of money to work with and i've already wasted $70 on a control module in the distributor that apparently wasn't the problem...when the problems started it would cut off almost like it was choking down and would sometimes start right back up, and sometimes it would take 5-10 minutes and eventually wouldn't start at all...it's definitely getting fuel...i can smell it...i checked the plug wires for spark and they're not firing...i was advised that it could be the control module in the distributor, and like i said, that wasn't it....i'm not sure if it could be the same problem as above because it's definitely getting fuel...anyway, i would certainly appreciate it if you had some time to reply and perhaps help me with this....
jennifer
jenerator@planetout.com
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