My Lude Is Dieing!! Please Help!! - Honda Prelude Forum

GIJoe · 08-11-2002, 03:32 PM

It starts then five second later it dies. I use fuel injector cleaner around every oil change. I tried to fix it changing oil and oil fiter, spark plugs, fuel filter. The longer you wait between starts it will run longer, but no longer then 20sec. After it dies it will not start till you wait a bit. It only has 64K miles on it. I cant tell what is the problem. I want to take it to a shop but my bodykit is too low to tow it. Any ideas will be really great! Please help me!=(
thanx guys

AutoXTC · 08-11-2002, 03:36 PM

Im thinking you might have a problem with your fuel pump.

HmongLude · 08-11-2002, 11:29 PM

i would say it's your main relay or the igniter in your distributor.

vang

grlielude · 08-11-2002, 11:54 PM

did you change your cap and rotor???

otherwise cheack the fuel rail and and pump and all that good stuff....

blakdeth77 · 08-12-2002, 07:39 AM

How about once your ignition coil heats up... the crack inside it expands and causes it to make a gap so electricity can't pass? lol. If it were your cap and rotor it'd have to be PRETTY BAD... and your ride would misfire and s#!t... fuel pump is another possibility but not as easy to test as your ignition coil. To test the fuel pump you should be hooking up a fuel pressure gauge... takes time and some $$

overdose · 08-12-2002, 08:29 AM

sounds like fuel pump / relay

MR.CLIFFORD · 08-12-2002, 10:45 AM

I have heard that the relay is pretty bad. You might check to see if your car is part of the ignition recall.

cord less · 08-12-2002, 10:54 AM

if it stutters a bit and then dies, like u can hear the idle go up then down and then cuts off, then itll be ur air/fuel ratio and in turn will be the fuel regulator or pump, as said earlier. get a shop like jiffy lube or something to run a diagnostic. u can alwasy remove ur kit if its needed enuf, its better to sacrifice looks than the actual car drivng.

SikRedRX-8 · 08-12-2002, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by overdose
sounds like fuel pump / relay

I was just going to say that. Had the same problem about a week ago. Honda wanted $60 for (what a rip).

92H22A4 · 08-12-2002, 06:19 PM

Here's what I think. Two of the spark plugs are not burning good. You start it. It tries to run. Then gas flood the bad sparkers. The engine dies. If the engine dies at that point. Gas will start to flood the other sparkers. That's why you have to wait a bit before it starts again.

Replace sparkers. If you don't want to buy new ones. Check for sparks. Spark plugs and wire can be made defective from the factory.

voxii · 08-13-2002, 05:46 PM

My car has this problem too. Members in Hondaprelude.com suggested that it be the problem in main relay. A lot of people got rid of this problem, tho. Try check out this link...

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

Hope it helps a bit.

johnsoncranium · 08-13-2002, 07:26 PM

sounds like the igniter in the distributor. i had the same problem when my car had about 65k miles.