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We have a 1993 10th anniversary Accord which runs very well. Within
the last year, however, it hase begun stalling occassionally, without
any warning, either when in a stopped positon (at a light, when in
traffic, etc.) or on a couple of occasions when slowing down to yield
(between 20 -30 MPH). About half the time, it would not restart until
it sat for several hours; the other times it restarted with some
difficulty. We replaced the ignitor recently -- any further ideas???

"Jim" <jdattaro@sgrolaw.com> wrote in message
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> We have a 1993 10th anniversary Accord which runs very well. Within
> the last year, however, it hase begun stalling occassionally, without
> any warning, either when in a stopped positon (at a light, when in
> traffic, etc.) or on a couple of occasions when slowing down to yield
> (between 20 -30 MPH). About half the time, it would not restart until
> it sat for several hours; the other times it restarted with some
> difficulty. We replaced the ignitor recently -- any further ideas???

Main relay.
http://www.markl.f9.co.uk/howto/elec...main-relay.htm

Fix or replace.

Have you checked the Distributor? My first guess would have been the Main
Relay.


"George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message
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> On 13 Aug 2003 08:34:10 -0700, jdattaro@sgrolaw.com (Jim) wrote:
>
> >We have a 1993 10th anniversary Accord which runs very well. Within
> >the last year, however, it hase begun stalling occassionally, without
> >any warning, either when in a stopped positon (at a light, when in
> >traffic, etc.) or on a couple of occasions when slowing down to yield
> >(between 20 -30 MPH). About half the time, it would not restart until
> >it sat for several hours; the other times it restarted with some
> >difficulty. We replaced the ignitor recently -- any further ideas???
>
> Where to start?<shrug> Obviously try to figure if it's fuel delivery
> related (smell exhaust pipe when it won't start) or ignition (pull a plug
> and ground it while connected, to look for spark.).
>
> For fuel, first can you hear the fuel pump run when you turn on the
> ignition to restart it after a stall - it should run for 2 secs and you
may
> hear a click on and off from the main-relay in the left side dash area,
> when the igintion goes from off to on and again at the end of the 2secs.
> If you hear the fuel pump run it's likely not the main relay but then
again
> it's an intermittent thing anyway. Another possibility might be the fuel
> pressure regulator.
>
> Does jiggling the key in the ignition slot make any difference - any rough
> feel to it as it sweeps around its arc? There've been bad ignition
> switches covering a number of years.
>
> It's also been said that putting in a fresh perky new ignitor can finish
> off a tired old coil. I can't confirm that experience (yet :-)) but it
> seems to make sense.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who,
me??