"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
> "Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote
>> If it's [the Main Relay] never been replaced or repaired
>> before, it's
>> a very strong candidate for your problem.
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>> Many mechanics do not know about it. Honda owners do.
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> Very odd, that, isn't it?

Yes. I think it's quite an argument for the value of
amateurs posting their experiences to internet fora like
this. The database is enormous and often is scientifically
significant.

> Something less than half the email I get has to do with
> the single problem > of the Main Relay. It is easily the
> #1 Honda problem, far outstripping any > other single
> issue.

This data point in itself is important.

Aside: I was just reading your PCV site. I have long
wondered how your 91 Integra's PCV valve stayed pristinely
clean for over 200k miles while my 91 Civic's was "chock
full of waxy buildup" at about 140k miles. This is despite
my frequent (every 6 mos/3k miles for many years, followed
by 6 mos/5k miles more recently) oil changes since buying
the car new in 1991.

Last winter I found my PCV valve had way more waxy specks
than usual following the use of STP fuel system cleaner. I
hardly ever get the specks with Chevron Techron fuel system
cleaner. You say you have used only Chevron gas, known to
have cleaners in it. I have always used whatever gas was
cheapest. I wonder if this explains the difference between
your and my differing PCV valve experiences.

Just thought I'd toss that in there for the weekend car talk
series.