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Old 15 May 2007, 09:09 am
Tegger
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Default Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!

"Dave L" <davelieuREMOVEME@yahoo.com> wrote in
newsJedncUaiZ-UmdTbnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@comcast.com:

>
> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns9930BB489D69Dtegger@207.14.116.130...
>> barbadomusic@gmail.com wrote in news:1179176510.379288.87390
>> @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> hello, everyone!
>>> my accord wont start! it wont turn over.

>>
>>
>> Do you get a click, or nothing at all when you turn the key?
>>
>> Check both ends of both battery cables.Check ECU ground at thermostat
>> housing, check engine ground from valve cover to rad support.
>>
>>
>>
>>> the stereo and lights all
>>> work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
>>> weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was
>>> on for a while

>>
>>
>> Get the code read. AutoZone or PartSource will do it for free.
>>

> Wait a sec - if it can be driven to AutoZone, would he still need to
> get the code read? lol
>
> -Dave
> ....sorry - couldn't resist!
>




D'oh!

In that case, if the OP can't get the beast running, he'll have to buy
or borrow an OBD-II tester. You can get those fairly inexpensively these
days.


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