Sometimes car will start, and run for a minute or two, but sometimes stalls immediately. It started the other night when i filled it up with gas, and then wouldn't start. I didn't overfill it, gave it a minute after it didn't start, and then it cranked right up and drove fine. I replaced the ignition module about a year ago, because it would just crank and not fire. has anybody had this problem?

 

water in tank..........put some alcohol to mix with the gas but if it to much u have to drain the tank and cleaner, some marine product are very good when water its present............just a guess

 

my friend had a same problem on his civic every time he puts gas in it the car wouldn't start.he changed the battery and that fixed the problem.

my 91 integra did the same and it sputtered a lot changed the dist and it helped.

hope u get it running properly.

 

maybe your fuel pump is going out. what accord is that? dx, lx or ex?

 

Its a coupe. i got it to mess up today, the gas fill-up had nothing to do with it. I tested for spark and it would run for 2 minutes, then the spark would cut out-and stall. I tested what it said in the chiltons manual...and passed all the tests saying the tdc/cyl/crank sensors are all good. Proper voltage (b+) is getting to the yellow wire at the 2p connector, and 10v @ terminal A of the 8p connector of the distributor. Now it wants me to test for certain voltages at the ECU...but i'm thinking its more along the lines of a distributor/or sensor/ or coil problem. I know they had a campaign to replace the distributors for those years, but she already had a distributor put in about 10k miles ago. Any help? any one?

**EDIT**:Has anyone ever experienced any issues with C209, c115, c131, or c116 pin tensions? the shop manual says it could be due to poor connections in one of those connectors, but they looked ok to me.

 

i think its the distributor.

 

It was the distributor, tested out one from my brothers old car, ran fine. Distributor has all the sensors in it, and has to be replaced as a unit. Went and got a reman'd one from advanced for $148 with no discount, napa wanted $203 with my discount for my shop having an account with them. I thought honda tech would be able to help me, but i guess not many tech's here

 

glad to hear you got the problem fixed man, having your car mess up sucks!

 

i was gonna guess distributer its cuts off when it gets hot and cranks when its cold

 

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