1991 Honda Accord stalls

LADYHAZE

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1991 HONDA ACCORD
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
179,000 MILES

My car will start then die. Sometimes it will start I drive it to my location, go to restart and it wont start.I wait about 5 minutes then it will start. Yesterday I got in my car to go to town. It started then died. It would not start. Its like it isnt getting the gas but my son checked the fuel pump and it is getting gas. This is a gradual thing. Sometimes it runs and starts perfect somedays it doesnt. He also checked the spark, it does spark. So what next to check? I have no idea. Could you please help. Thanks

Monday, May 19th, 2008 AT 10:47 AM

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ITSALLGOOD

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The engine needs 3 things to run - fuel, spark, and compression. We already know that when it is running - the engine is fine. That takes care of the compression issue. The next thing to check is the spark - because its a little simpler to check then is the fuel (spark also implies timing). I'm going to rule out the timing belt for now because we know the engine runs most of the time ie: we have compression. If the belt jumped we would have a completely different issue.
My guess is that the ignition module is starting to go out. In which case you would not be getting spark when the engine is turning.
You must check for spark when the engine is acting up on you and NOT starting.
If you have spark, and the engine is still not starting, then you need to move on and check for fuel.

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 AT 4:33 PM