godofcars@gmail.com wrote:
> So my '89 CRX HF with LS motor has been giving me a total headache.
> Two years ago it died and would not start for a few months. I didn't
> do anything with it since I had another car and no time to work on it.
> But then one day it started up again. No problems for a year. The
> weather turned really cold and one day I was driving and it cut out
> while I was driving on the street. It wouldn't start for 10 minutes
> and then started again. After that it worked fine for another year.
> Then last week (weather was extremely cold again) it died while
> driving. Pulled over and tried restarting it for 5 minutes. Finally it
> started up. Drove fine for 50 miles. Tried to take the car out again
> and it wouldn't start. The next morning it started up fine. Needless
> to say I'm not driving it anymore until I get it fixed. Time to stop
> being delusional thinking the problem will go away by itself.
>
> Now, what do you guys think could be the problem? At first I thought
> it might be the main relay but it seems like people only have no start
> problems when the weather gets hot. And that is only no start. The car
> dies WHILE driving sometimes and that is the scary part. My car has
> only died in the really cold weather. So I'm thinking maybe it is a
> bad ground? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I'd still start with the main relay - it directly controls the fuel pump. The
common problem with it is that the soldered joints inside become intermittant,
and any temperature extremes can affect that.