Saman

hey ppl. im new to this so i hope this is the right place to post this. i recently got a 93 prelude s. the car is in pretty good mechanical condition but there is one thing that is wrong. the car has trouble cranking sometimes and when im driving and i come to a stop, the car will just cut off sometimes. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

 

mgcshroomz

timing off perhaps.. how many miles is on the motor?
auto or manual?
how does it cut off?.. violently shaking and then stall?
does it start right back up?

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NAWLINS93LUDE

yeah.. more details...

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If only preludes were rear wheel drive

Saman

its a manual. it doesnt really shake it just suddenly cuts off. it starts back up usually on the first try. a few times ive had to crank it a few times to get it to stay on. it has 140,000 miles.

jsmooney

does the idle bounds and then cut off?

that's the same problem i have with mine - im clueless on the whole thing

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mgcshroomz

it just cuts off like when you turn ur key off?.. it's not throwing a CEL?

-check battery terminals
-check ALL of your vacuum lines to make sure they aren't dry rotted (take and bend them throughout and look for cracks in the hoses)
-pull your spark plugs and check them to see their condition
-keep your eye on the RPM when you come to a stop to see if it keeps falling smoothly or if it bounces and then turns off
-if those seem like they aren't the problem, check your fuel lines. perhaps a bad fuel pump and it's losing pressure?

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SNsLude

^ +1

after you do that, check your ignitor module inside the dizzy. My car did this and after I replaced it, it solved the problem. My symptoms were a little different though. Sparratic shutoff and also the idle would fluctuate up high which was what made it obvious.

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