sahtt

I've got an all original 94 GSR sedan I bought from the original owner at 140k miles. Besides the 90k maint., all he replaced was the distributor and maint. parts here and there.

I replaced the caps, wires, rotor, and plugs the first week I had it because it was evident after doing the compression test they were pretty worn out.

I didn't have any issues besides replacing the original radiator/hoses/thermostat until one day I went in to smoothie king with my girlfriend. The car has 146k miles now. I came outside and the car started and instantly couldn't hold an idle and died.

Tried couple more times, same thing, so I popped the hood and made sure all the connections were tight. This is probably 5 minutes since I first tried to start it and it died. Then the car started and would hold an idle for maybe 3 seconds, then die-so progress.

Did it all again as the aftermarket wires I got don't seem to fit perfectly in to the distributor.

This time it started up, drove it home, no issues and couldn't find anything wrong with it for 2 weeks. Last night I fill up with gas, and it did the exact same $hit. Got it started again after a few minutes but I can't diagnose it.

At this point I'm thinking Main relay [clicks fine but didn't check it while the car wasn't starting, only during times it wasn't giving me any issues], some ground as the car does shake a tiny* bit during idle [needs motor mounts as well], some ignition component, or the starter is going.

I could care less about replacing any of them, won't take more than a hundred and fifty bucks and an our of time.

I do NOT want to end up replacing all the aftermarket parts that are only 4k miles old with OEM stuff that's $$$, AND then the starter, AND then the main relay, only to have the same problem.

I had a similar issue with my LS400 and ended up selling it because NO ONE could figure it out. The starter died a month later on the new owner but I don't know if that fixed the problem.

Bodhi

I've had a similar problem, but it's only happened in high temperatures. >90 degress. It's hard to diagnose your problem, or mine for that matter.

RACERX72

did u find out what it was

OLD-HONDA

did you figure out the problem

sup22

mine does the same thing exaclly ...... im thinking it could be down to the fuel pump...... no getting the fuel to the engine being that its 14years old... im going to upgrade it soon ... i'll let you know how i get on ... less you do it befor me .. then let me know .lol

DookieHowser

hows spark and fuel?