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1988 honda accord LX starting problem and loss of power
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1988 honda accord LX starting problem and loss of power
Hi Remco.
So the current status is that I think the cold start problem (on cold mornings, runs for 5-10s then dies and won't restart) is a fuel problem (checked spark at these times and it's fine, and shooting ether down the carb makes it start fine and then run fine). I went through the Honda shop manual diagnosis for cold start problems, and my fast idle unloader does not hold vacuum on the front-most vac. line. I think this means that it is broken. The next recommendation in the manual is to check this part out and look for leaks. I want to remove it. The fast idle unloader has three screws holding it in place, but I can't get to them because a bank of vac. lines blocks access. Do you have any tips on how to get this part out easily? Thanks. |
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1988 honda accord LX starting problem and loss of power
High Tech Misfit wrote:
> Remco wrote: > > > It could be related -- if your car has a main relay, that can indeed be > > a symtom of having a bad main relay. Look at the tegger.com site and > > see if the main relay problem describes what's happening to you. > > I thought only fuel-injected Hondas had main relays? This Accord in > question has a carburetor. If he has an electric pump, there's a good chance it is switched through a relay, one would imagine. (not quite the main relay we're thinking of in modern Hondas) Of course, this thing does not need to do the power sequence of pressurizing the lines, etc as with fuel injection. |
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Oops. Sorry. I did not explain that well. It is the part of the fast
idle unloader that leads to the front-most vacuum line, not the vacuum line, that is not holding the vacuum. I think this means that the diaphragm in that part of the fast idle unloader actuator is leaking (there are two levels of action in the fast idle unloader, and that vacuum line only goes to one part, I think) Thanks a lot for your resonse. Without a good manual that tells me how to get to that part or the carburator easily, I don't feel like spending the time to do it myself. I may take it to a Honda dealer (we have a good one around here). Thanks. |
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> Oops. Sorry. I did not explain that well. It is the part of the fast > idle unloader that leads to the front-most vacuum line, not the vacuum > line, that is not holding the vacuum. I think this means that the > diaphragm in that part of the fast idle unloader actuator is leaking > (there are two levels of action in the fast idle unloader, and that > vacuum line only goes to one part, I think) > > Thanks a lot for your resonse. Without a good manual that tells me how > to get to that part or the carburator easily, I don't feel like > spending the time to do it myself. I may take it to a Honda dealer (we > have a good one around here). > > Thanks. Have you tried the www.autozone.com site? They have free on line manuals and they do seem to cover your car. Perhaps they show you how you can get to it. (click on the "do it yourself" tab, select the "repair info" clickable and enter your car) Remco |
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1988 honda accord LX starting problem and loss of power
Remco--
I am going to forgo the fast idle unloader theory for now, and put some leads on the fuel pump as you recommended, and then watch it. That way, I'll be able to verify juice to the fuel pump for either of my problems. By the way, my Honda manual tells me that for this carb'ed model (88 accord LX) there is a fuel cut-off relay (located _on_ the lower right of the fuse panel when the back-side of the panel is viewed from the front of the car). I'll let you know what I find. thanks. |
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wrote: > Remco-- > > I am going to forgo the fast idle unloader theory for now, and put > some leads on the fuel pump as you recommended, and then watch it. > That way, I'll be able to verify juice to the fuel pump for either of > my problems. > > By the way, my Honda manual tells me that for this carb'ed model (88 > accord LX) there is a fuel cut-off relay (located _on_ the lower right > of the fuse panel when the back-side of the panel is viewed from the > front of the car). > > I'll let you know what I find. It may be worth swapping over that relay with another of similar style if they simply plug in. -- Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ PGM-FI page updated, Graphics Tutorial WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter. |
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1988 honda accord LX starting problem and loss of power
I have exactly the same bucking and loss of power problem with my
wife's 1988 Accord LX. And believe it or not, she said the same thing when the problem started in November - it only seems to happen with less than half a tank of gas. But it's gotten worse and it happened to me recently with over 3/4 of a tank full. I also put dry gas in the tank. When it happened again, I replaced both fuel filters. I took it to a local independent Honda specialist who couldn't find the problem, but still charged me. Have you had any success in finding the problem? Thanks! |
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