Does this sound like a bad relay?
#1
Does this sound like a bad relay?
I'm driving this 92 CX Civic and I'm having this little problem. When it is cold, the car will fire right up. If you drive for like five minutes and shut the car off for a second, the fuel pump does not work. After sitting for about five minutes the car will fire right up again.
I don't think its the pump itself as my experience with fuel pumps is that they don't limp, they just die. I was thinking that its just a relay, but a quick check under the hood and in the fuse panel dosen't show a relay (I don't have a manual for this car at work).
Do you think my thinking is correct and if it is, where is the relay for the pump? I figure I would get some opinions and advice before I go ripping apart the dash. TIA
I don't think its the pump itself as my experience with fuel pumps is that they don't limp, they just die. I was thinking that its just a relay, but a quick check under the hood and in the fuse panel dosen't show a relay (I don't have a manual for this car at work).
Do you think my thinking is correct and if it is, where is the relay for the pump? I figure I would get some opinions and advice before I go ripping apart the dash. TIA
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Re:Does this sound like a bad relay?
mine has been doing that ---- too, its the main/fuel pump relay. i just turn the key on...if the fuel pump doesnt prime up (i dont have any rear interior, so i can hear it very well), i turn the key off and repeat till it turns on. pretty ------ ghetto but its like 60bucks for a new main relay (maybe i should get one from the JY?)...
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Re:Does this sound like a bad relay?
Originally Posted by turbohf
mine has been doing that ---- too, its the main/fuel pump relay. i just turn the key on...if the fuel pump doesnt prime up (i dont have any rear interior, so i can hear it very well), i turn the key off and repeat till it turns on. pretty ------ ghetto but its like 60bucks for a new main relay (maybe i should get one from the JY?)...
This has gotten to the point where it will not even work if I turn the key off and on back and forth, the car has to have not ran for awhile.
Anyone know where the main is in a 5th gen?
#9
Re:Does this sound like a bad relay?
what you can do is resolder the joints in the main fuel relay like so http://www.g2ic.com/forums/showthrea...threadid=55129
id do a diagnostic on your ignition coil and igniter first as your car can die in the middle of the street when these go out. these 3 things are the most common hard startup causes in hondas. definitely buy only oem, unless you wanna go msd.
id do a diagnostic on your ignition coil and igniter first as your car can die in the middle of the street when these go out. these 3 things are the most common hard startup causes in hondas. definitely buy only oem, unless you wanna go msd.
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