Hi,

After trying the same fixes as you with my car it turned out to be the
ignition coil. After my honda dealer placed a tester off his bench in it my
car has ran perfect ever since.

Your shop should be able to try the same thing.

Cheers,

Glynn

"Graham W" <graham@his.com.puter.INVALID> wrote in message
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> punkyw wrote:
>> I replaced the main relay and the map sensor, but it did not solve the
>> problem. When the engine is warm and i try to start it, the egine acts
>> like it wants to fire when I first turn the key, but then just
>> spins. Any other ideas?
>
> Try cleaning the distributor cap inside and out. If that fixes it either
> wash it and polish it or replace it.
>
> There's an article on my website (below) in the 'Miscellanea' section
> which is similar to your problem. Although it is 'Rover' the engine is
> Honda!
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