Carbureted or fuel injected?

If fuel injected, suspect the ignition coil, especially if
it's over five years old. See also the candidate causes at
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun

When was a tuneup (plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor,
fuel filter, air filter, check timing, maybe drop a bottle
of Chevron Techron into the fuel tank) last done? Were OEM
parts used?

<adr5@columbia.edu> wrote
>I have an '88 Accord LX with just under 68k miles on it. I
>loaned this
> car to my brother in-law to use until he got his new car.
> He had the
> car for about 4 months. Before I loaned him the car,
> there were no
> problems with the car. After he gave it back, there has
> been a funny
> idle speed problem. Funny because it doesn't happen all
> the time. The
> car starts fine and idles fine. You then drive the car
> for a while.
> Then when you stop the car, as at a traffic light, the car
> will die.
> When you go to start the car, it is very hard to start. I
> usually have
> to wait a few minutes before it will start again. This
> car usually
> starts fine hot or cold. The other odd thing is that
> after the car
> does start, the idle speed will not be high enough to keep
> the motor
> running. It will stall again unless I keep my foot on the
> gas. Any
> ideas on what may be wrong? TIA.
> -------------------
> Alex
>