Elle wrote:
>
> "ThomasE" <lester12@yahoo.com> wrote
>> My '89 Honda CRX Si won't start.
>> -Engine turns but no start so battery and starter are ok.
>> -No computer codes. Computer is operational but it gives
>> no trouble codes
>> so computer does not detect any malfunction.
>> -Fuel Pressure is ok - I checked fuel pressure with fuel
>> gauge meter, at
>> 37psi within specification.
>> -Spark seems ok. I hooked spare spark plug to each
>> cylinder and there is
>> spark (not a strong spark but I don't know how strong
>> spark is supposed to
>> be).
>>
>> -Had left car in garage for 2 weeks before this problem
>> started.
>>
>> I've had an occasional no start intermittent problem with
>> this car for the
>> past couple of years but now the problem is permanent,
>> which I'm almost
>> happy for since perhaps I can now find out what the
>> problem is. The
>> intermittent problem drove me crazy (the car would not
>> start about once a
>> month) and I never found out what the problem was/is.
>>
>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.

[[Top posting corrected]]

> First candidate is the main relay.
>
> See
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/start...html#mainrelay
> .
>
> If it seems to be this, it is not expensive to fix.


How can it be the relay if there's 30 odd psi at the fuel line?

Have a peek at the Rover 216GSi stuff on my website.

What colour is the spark you got? Is it weak and yellowish or
sharp and bluish?


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