Honda Car Forum

#1 (**permalink**) 19 Aug 2003, 10:30 am

In article <e743kvocednfe4eonkovpl4um4b76sv1d3@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
<RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> My wife was on her way home this evening and after she stopped to take
> care of some business, she started the car, backed out and after she
> drove away, the car stalled out and now it will not start. It will
> crank but acts like it is not getting fuel... it is a Civic LX, which
> is a fuel injected model, don't they have an electric fuel pump and
> possibly the fuse might have blown to cause the pump to fail?
>
> RobertBodling@austin.rr.com

There are several possible causes for this problem. A broken timing belt
could cause this problem. A non-working fuel pump could cause this
problem. As you mentioned, if there is a fuse related to the fuel
pump--that could be the problem. If all else fails, have it towed to the
local honda dealer or your favorite mechanic and have it fixed.

#2 (**permalink**) 20 Aug 2003, 11:12 pm

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:30:58 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
(Bill B. Johnson) wrote:

>In article <e743kvocednfe4eonkovpl4um4b76sv1d3@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> My wife was on her way home this evening and after she stopped to take
>> care of some business, she started the car, backed out and after she
>> drove away, the car stalled out and now it will not start. It will
>> crank but acts like it is not getting fuel... it is a Civic LX, which
>> is a fuel injected model, don't they have an electric fuel pump and
>> possibly the fuse might have blown to cause the pump to fail?
>>
>> RobertBodling@austin.rr.com
>
>There are several possible causes for this problem. A broken timing belt
>could cause this problem. A non-working fuel pump could cause this
>problem. As you mentioned, if there is a fuse related to the fuel
>pump--that could be the problem. If all else fails, have it towed to the
>local honda dealer or your favorite mechanic and have it fixed.

I towed it to a mechanic shop yesterday and got it fixed today. They
found a burned out coil, rotor, distributor cap, and ignitor... and
the repair job cost me $564.32 for all that plus the cost of them
analyzing it.

#3 (**permalink**) 21 Aug 2003, 03:35 pm

In article <kjh8kvsptu2m8ipnivd1vanjg56k761qvh@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
<RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:30:58 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
> (Bill B. Johnson) wrote:
>
> >In article <e743kvocednfe4eonkovpl4um4b76sv1d3@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
> ><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My wife was on her way home this evening and after she stopped to take
> >> care of some business, she started the car, backed out and after she
> >> drove away, the car stalled out and now it will not start. It will
> >> crank but acts like it is not getting fuel... it is a Civic LX, which
> >> is a fuel injected model, don't they have an electric fuel pump and
> >> possibly the fuse might have blown to cause the pump to fail?
> >>
> >> RobertBodling@austin.rr.com
> >
> >There are several possible causes for this problem. A broken timing belt
> >could cause this problem. A non-working fuel pump could cause this
> >problem. As you mentioned, if there is a fuse related to the fuel
> >pump--that could be the problem. If all else fails, have it towed to the
> >local honda dealer or your favorite mechanic and have it fixed.
>
> I towed it to a mechanic shop yesterday and got it fixed today. They
> found a burned out coil, rotor, distributor cap, and ignitor... and
> the repair job cost me $564.32 for all that plus the cost of them
> analyzing it.

Those things do happen. It would have been almost impossible for you to
find all of those different damaged items on your own. Murphy's law kicked
in on you and actually kicked you. Look at the good side--Honda cars break
down much less than other vehicles.

#4 (**permalink**) 22 Aug 2003, 08:04 pm

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:35:39 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
(Bill B. Johnson) wrote:

>In article <kjh8kvsptu2m8ipnivd1vanjg56k761qvh@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:30:58 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
>> (Bill B. Johnson) wrote:
>>
>> >In article <e743kvocednfe4eonkovpl4um4b76sv1d3@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
>> ><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> My wife was on her way home this evening and after she stopped to take
>> >> care of some business, she started the car, backed out and after she
>> >> drove away, the car stalled out and now it will not start. It will
>> >> crank but acts like it is not getting fuel... it is a Civic LX, which
>> >> is a fuel injected model, don't they have an electric fuel pump and
>> >> possibly the fuse might have blown to cause the pump to fail?
>> >>
>> >> RobertBodling@austin.rr.com
>> >
>> >There are several possible causes for this problem. A broken timing belt
>> >could cause this problem. A non-working fuel pump could cause this
>> >problem. As you mentioned, if there is a fuse related to the fuel
>> >pump--that could be the problem. If all else fails, have it towed to the
>> >local honda dealer or your favorite mechanic and have it fixed.
>>
>> I towed it to a mechanic shop yesterday and got it fixed today. They
>> found a burned out coil, rotor, distributor cap, and ignitor... and
>> the repair job cost me $564.32 for all that plus the cost of them
>> analyzing it.
>
>Those things do happen. It would have been almost impossible for you to
>find all of those different damaged items on your own. Murphy's law kicked
>in on you and actually kicked you. Look at the good side--Honda cars break
>down much less than other vehicles.

My thought here is now that I went through all that with my 91 Civic,
what can I do to avoid the same recourse with my 87 Accord... one
thought is to give it a good tune up ASAP. You know what they say, if
our fore-sight was as good as our hind-sight.... and I want to improve
on my fore-sight and not have to suffer with the "hind-sight".

#5 (**permalink**) 23 Aug 2003, 04:38 pm

In article <25fdkv83o45muvjnng6489hmhgcl8933ds@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
<RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:35:39 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
> (Bill B. Johnson) wrote:
>
> >In article <kjh8kvsptu2m8ipnivd1vanjg56k761qvh@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
> ><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:30:58 -0700, billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com
> >> (Bill B. Johnson) wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <e743kvocednfe4eonkovpl4um4b76sv1d3@4ax.com>, Robert Bodling
> >> ><RobertBodling@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> My wife was on her way home this evening and after she stopped to take
> >> >> care of some business, she started the car, backed out and after she
> >> >> drove away, the car stalled out and now it will not start. It will
> >> >> crank but acts like it is not getting fuel... it is a Civic LX, which
> >> >> is a fuel injected model, don't they have an electric fuel pump and
> >> >> possibly the fuse might have blown to cause the pump to fail?
> >> >>
> >> >> RobertBodling@austin.rr.com
> >> >
> >> >There are several possible causes for this problem. A broken timing belt
> >> >could cause this problem. A non-working fuel pump could cause this
> >> >problem. As you mentioned, if there is a fuse related to the fuel
> >> >pump--that could be the problem. If all else fails, have it towed to the
> >> >local honda dealer or your favorite mechanic and have it fixed.
> >>
> >> I towed it to a mechanic shop yesterday and got it fixed today. They
> >> found a burned out coil, rotor, distributor cap, and ignitor... and
> >> the repair job cost me $564.32 for all that plus the cost of them
> >> analyzing it.
> >
> >Those things do happen. It would have been almost impossible for you to
> >find all of those different damaged items on your own. Murphy's law kicked
> >in on you and actually kicked you. Look at the good side--Honda cars break
> >down much less than other vehicles.
>
> My thought here is now that I went through all that with my 91 Civic,
> what can I do to avoid the same recourse with my 87 Accord... one
> thought is to give it a good tune up ASAP. You know what they say, if
> our fore-sight was as good as our hind-sight.... and I want to improve
> on my fore-sight and not have to suffer with the "hind-sight".

I agree. You should also have the oil, air and filter changed every 3000
miles. Some air filters don't need to be changed every 3000 miles but they
should be cleaned. Regardless of how well you take care of a car, various
items will wear out and will need to be replaced. Nothing on this earth
lasts forever.

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