Jeff,

You might want to check out www.hondasuv.com. They have extensive info and
a member forum for help from fellow CR-V owners.

Hope this helped,
Ron

"-jeff" <jeffnjnecom@*NOSPAM*excite.com> wrote in message
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> I have a 97 CR-V (125K miles) and it won't start. This happened once
> before fairly recently and it finally started by just keeping the key
> turned for a rediculous amount of time. Then it was fine for a while.
> Now it won't start again and doesn't even make an effort after many
> minutes of leaving the key turned.
>
> When I popped the hood, I could hear a buzzing sound and found that it
> was the Idle Air Control valve. When I pulled the plug to the valve,
> the buzzing stopped. I'm inclined to buy a new IAC valve, but am
> wondering if this is a typical failure mode or whether it could be a
> symptom of something else. Or does the IAC valve typically buzz and I
> just never heard it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -jeff