Yes, allegedly. The product listing was "Japan - OEM" and it was a bit more
expensive than the other choice. The packing slip had a column for "Mfg"
and showed "HIT" for this part. Don't know if that's Hitachi.

Distributor cap and rotor are old. If you think that will make I difference
I'll try it. Thanks again for the first tip -- I was very grateful to you.

"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Did you buy an OEM coil?
>
> Original ignition wires? How about the distributor cap and rotor? If age
> is unknown or they are the originals, I'd replace all these with OEM, then
> proceed from there.
>
>
> "John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote
>> My car is 99 4D Accord LX 4cyl. 5 speed with 183,000 miles, all mine. In
>> August, as I pulled off the highway from driving all day, I encountered a
>> definite problem: when coming to a stop, the car dies instead of idling.
>> Sometimes it restarts fine, a few times it runs roughly for a second or
>> two before "catching" and then it will idle smoothly and normally --
>> until the next stop. When the car is started cold, everything operates
>> normally and it never dies. Once the engine comes up to operating
>> temperature, however, the problem starts again. As I learned this, the
>> car threw a trouble code (Insufficient EGR lift) but only once and when I
>> reset it, it did not return. SO: I changed the plugs and coolant (the
>> latter seemed to help, but only a little) and ran some injector cleaner
>> through. Based on a tip received here in this group (thanks, Elle) I
>> changed the ignition coil and that seemed to do the trick. The car still
>> seemed a bit "hestiant" just before stopping but it generally stopped
>> dying every time I stop.
>>
>> So a few weeks pass and I drive all day on the Interstate again. About
>> 600 miles into the trip as I slow down to pay a toll -- it dies and the
>> condition is exactly as it was in the first place. Within a hundred
>> miles more I had the Check Engine light on again (same code) but it reset
>> itself automatically a couple of hundred miles after that. To get home
>> and since then, I have become adept at using two feet on three pedals
>> simultaneously in order to avoid having the engine die at every stop but
>> it's annoying.
>>
>> Is it possible that I fried the new coil so quickly? (The car runs cool
>> and has never overheated.) Are there any clues in the fact that
>> sustained highway driving seemed to bring on the problem both times?
>> What about the EGR message? I'm searching for ideas and have always
>> appreciated all there is to be learned here. Thanks for your thoughts.
>>
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