Tad

Hi, OK
here's the deal,
I put in a new stereo deck today,
well new-used anyways.

So I drove to my friends house, car worked fine,
then we did the stereo, and noticed a fuse was broken,
replaced it (was the 15a stereo fuse), stereo started working then.
But now I went to start my car and it won't turn over!
it'll crank and crank, and gets power everywhere,
but wont start.

I CANNOT hear the fuelpump priming at all as well,
so I think the engine just isn't getting fuel at all(tank is half full tho).

Anyone have any idea what this could be ?
I did have some frayed wires going to the stereo for a minute,
and forgot to unplug the battery during the install.
Had that blown stereo fuse too.. never found out why that blown.

But can't find anything fuel related thats blown.
all fuses are good.

thanks!

damnraz

check your main relay

Luserkid

Check this fuse

Tad

OK I'll check the fuelpump fuse.

how do you check the main relay?
I do have a multimeter if that matters..

howangseg

yea, check the fuse. did you try taking out that broken fuse?

Tad

the broke fuse was the stereo fuse,
we took it out and replaced it with a spare 15a

rasinhell

yeah dude check the fuse that is on the upper left corner of the fuse box(15) if its broken that that's ur problem.

check the main relay by removing it, opening it up, and then examing all the solder points for very very thin lines on it. the thin lines are actually cracks that are messing up the circuitry.

P.S. your avater is hella ****** ugly. I advise you change that ****.

Tad

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HAHA thats the point

thnx 4 the advice,
i'll do that

Tad

would a bad main relay cause the fuel pump
not to prime?

rasinhell

yeah, but the thing w/ the main relay is. Usually it works... and then all of a sudden it wont work anymore. And then it'll work again in a different climate etc. Is it hotter than usual in california? because the heat is supposed to make the main relays not work as good if it has cracks

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1200852 sound familiar?

btw did you check the fuse for the fuel pump yet?

Oh yeah. go get a flash light and check the fuses that are under the dash too.. maybe something under there is the culprit. this one mainly

jdmsiR20

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wsup tomi


yeah, a fukked up main relay will do it for ya. i blew it doing something stupid too... (cleaning the engine bay).... i had a hunch that that was it, and one week later after asking the same question, i replaced it and was on the road

TurboEH2

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yep. i usually just give mine a good kick, but appearantly there is some solder thing u can do, my buddy did it to mine, and no problems since. i will get him to post in here.

Tad

mainrelay is nestled up next to the underdash fusebox right?
OH and can u pick these up at ur autoparts store?

im kinda screwed cuz i had to leave my car at my friends house..
which was like 20miles away


Modified by Tad at 8:59 AM 8/4/2005

HeikDiesel

hot outside=resistance Read this topic it will help you out and saves me time typing

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1326951

jdmsiR20

yeah, after you remove it, crack it open and look for any blown up ****...

if its fukked, the pick and pull is your best bet. i removed mine with a razor blade and left it in my pocket

Tad

FIXED

dude it was just a freakin fuse,
my friend pulled, what I assume was the fuel pump, fuse and
used it for the stereo fuse, which blew.

guess he thought it was a spare ..

DOH

Tad

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thats a nice post btw