johnnyeden

hello, thank you first of all for letting me join the forum,,, i have a 95 honda prelude 2.3 jap import,, i have done many things to my lude since i have had it, have been reading alot of post here and it had realy help alot on my ventur.

i have replaced the distributer plugs wire, all good products.. the problem im having is now somtimes when i shut the car off it doesent want to start back up ,, now i can sit there for 20 minutes
and do the key thing 10 times to reset, but it doesent work although it will finaly start .. i changed all these parts becuase it was starting to stall on me all the time, it runs great but have no idea what it could be now please help..

jonny eden

Yuyodrift91

....(sigh). Is it hot outside when this happens??

Deuce Deuce

I was about to ask the same thing haha. But it sounds like a faulty Ignition Module or a bad Main Relay. Some more info would help?

johnnyeden

thank you ,, i dont type very well but here goes,, i have replaced the distributer, the wires, battery with the red top optima, also installed the ground block wires for better grounding of block and comp.. it was doing the stalling bad until i placed the new dist,, in but now just sometimes but what it does i can go somewhere and come back out 20 min later and seems like i try 10 or 15 times to start and it just turns over like it has no fire then all the sudden it will start.... any help would be wonderful thank you the weather doesent seem to have any effect cold or hot it has happend in both conditions and when car has already been running.. its a 95 lude si 2.3

Deuce Deuce

It sounds like a Main Relay issue. Check to see if your fuel pump is priming when you turn the key to start. If not, than it's a good indication of a bad Main Relay. In either case you can remove it and check for burnt points on it (after removing the casing) Hope this is the problem.

BlackCatt

x2 for the bad main relay. I had similiar starting issues and
replacing the main relay solved all my problems.

Kyleb1115

i had a similar problem, and it turned out to be the igniter. so i would check both! FYI the igniter at a place like autozone or orilleys is MUCH cheaper than getting the main relay, so you can check that if you want.

the igniter goes into the distributor. its pretty easy to do.

Yuyodrift91

Yeah I help a lot of people on here with this problem. Too much in fact that I just don't care anymore...

So it kinda bugs me when people don't search!

Try this thread for some ideas. I helped maybe 2 guys in a row in this one.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/my-prelude-crank-but-wont-start-2632725/

If you're too broke to buy a new main relay, go to a junkyard and find one with the code RZ-0139(Prelude) or RZ-0132(Integra) which I personally discovered works on preludes.

furbike

Hi everyone, I just bought a 97 honda prelude....still in good condition... i don't know y every morning i do my normal 5 minutes warm up then i drive about 200 hundred yards and the car stall and shut off the engine... all the lights is on.... the car has the short air intake ... i don't know that might cause it or not..... please anyone out there HELP ME OUT.... THANK YOU VERY MUCH.....