96 Honda acord runs great when cool but will shut off when warms up and will start back up an hour later

DAMIEN12

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1996 HONDA ACCORD
160,000 MILES

96 Honda accord runs good when cold but will shut off when gets warm and will start back up an hour later I have changed the igintion control module and fuel pump any more ideas?

Thursday, July 26th, 2012 AT 3:21 PM

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ASEMASTER6371

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Check fuel pressure first when it does not start. If that is ok, ossible distributor failure which is very common on these models.

Roy

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Thursday, July 26th, 2012 AT 3:51 PM

KHLOW2008

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Check the PGM-FI main relay.

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Thursday, July 26th, 2012 AT 8:13 PM

DAMIEN12

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Fuel pressure is great and its has a new distributor and fuel pump I'm thinking maybe the crankshaft sensor is going bad is that possible

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Friday, July 27th, 2012 AT 1:17 AM

ASEMASTER6371

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Could be the distributor as I suggested. It contains the crank, cam and tdc sensor.

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Saturday, July 28th, 2012 AT 4:59 PM

DAMIEN12

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I changed the crankshaft sensor and now its doing the opposite it will start sometimes and its running good when it starts up and I been driving but when the engine is hot it will fire right up but it its sits more then 20mins I have to wait nearlyy an hour for it too start up