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I own a 93 honda accord wagon and had very similiar problems as you ... It
stalled one day right on the interstate... at random..
the car sat for 2 months while I ponderded the problem.. a honda expert
came buy one day and suggested that it could be the "igniter" I looked in
my trusty chilton manual and tested the igniter at auto zone for free...
and sure enough that was it.. 80$ but I checked and tried every thing I
knew of and no help.. this finially fixed it...

Hope this helps..
John K.

Thanks to all who took the time to help out with this problem. Ignitian
switch sounds likely but if it were the switch why, when the problem
occures, does it intermittently fire as I continuously crank the engine
getting progressively more frequent until the engine picks up and then
runs fine?


a4givn12 wrote:
> I own a 93 honda accord wagon and had very similiar problems as you
.... It
> stalled one day right on the interstate... at random..
> the car sat for 2 months while I ponderded the problem.. a honda
expert
> came buy one day and suggested that it could be the "igniter" I
looked in
> my trusty chilton manual and tested the igniter at auto zone for
free...
> and sure enough that was it.. 80$ but I checked and tried every thing
I
> knew of and no help.. this finially fixed it...
>
> Hope this helps..
> John K.

Alan wrote:
> Thanks to all who took the time to help out with this problem.
> Ignitian switch sounds likely but if it were the switch why, when the
> problem occures, does it intermittently fire as I continuously crank
> the engine getting progressively more frequent until the engine picks
> up and then runs fine?

Try cleaning the distributor cap inside and out. If that fixes it either
wash it and polish it or replace it.

There's an article on my website (below) in the 'Miscellanea' section
which is similar to your problem.

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"Alan" <nospam_alan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks to all who took the time to help out with this problem.
> Ignitian
> switch sounds likely but if it were the switch why, when the problem
> occures, does it intermittently fire as I continuously crank the
> engine
> getting progressively more frequent until the engine picks up and then
> runs fine?

It could be because once the switch manages a good contact for some
time, the steady current flowing through the contact reduces the
resistance in the contact point, forming a decent enough contact till
you shut down and start again. Of course it is also possible that the
symptoms of a bad igniter are also similar. The only igniter proble
I've had was with a Toyota Corolla but there it went bad immediately as
if the ignition was turned off and the car had to be towed in. Nothing
like the intermittent problem you describe, but it could happen with the
Honda's igniter for all I know.
I just know that the ignition switch problem is quite common on certain
Honda models. I was told that by a Honda service advisor himself.

Rudy