hey i randomly get problems starting my car out of no where .. would anybody know the problem? is it the ignition coil ? or possibly the distributor ?

 

What year Prelude? 97+had an ignition recall, so maybe you should check into that. It could also be a bad starter or distributor

 

Really intermittent (about once a month), the car starts to turn over but then dies and you get nothing for another 5mins and it finally starts?

 

does it click when you cycle the key??? what happens when you try to start it?
it sounds to me like it might be your starter... this problem happend to me and it ended up being the starter.
***test*** next time this happends, get a friend to help you. one of you hit the starter with a hammer while the other one trys to start the car. if it starts, that means the coil on the starter is bad.

 

MY problme was i needed a battery and the recalled switch. (just a thought)

 

i have the same problem with my 97 lude ..sometimes i wait 10 min. and then it starts... i got the battery check twice they said theres nothing wrong with it..and also i got the ignition switch replaced

 

you think itz a good idea to start with changing the starter than the distributor ? becasue it does crank .. it just don't turn ova thankz its a 92prelude

 

i have seen alot of these questions lately with the 92's. mine was doing the same thing for almost a year then one day i went for a drive parked and when i went back to my car it wouldn't start. I thought it was just doing the same thing so i waited a while an tried it again, but nothing. It ended up being towed to the dealership where they said that it was the fuel pump. It was replaced and i havent had a problem since

 

do you think its a good idea to just purchase a advanced fuel pump off ebay and install it .. plz reply bak ur help is grateful thank you

 

i guarentee it is a main relay. this controls power to your feul pump. do not through parts at it if you dont know the problem. if it started when it started getting hot { the outside temp.} then i will bet it is the main relay. you can check it by measuring the feul pressure at start up. crank over several times and monitor feul press. if press. begins to drop after a number of starts then the main relay is bad. this is very very common on 92-95 ludesand 90-93 accords. trust me i am a honda tech

 

How do you go about replacing the main relay?

 

i have this problem
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Get a new one, take the old one out, and install the new one in