everyday at work, i park in the same spot, 7am-3:30p. i have noticed that when i get out of work, and the sun is burning hot i go to turn on my car and it wont start. now when i get out and theres a cloud or no sun the car starts a the first try. what could it be. fuel lines, pump. wat ! hola

 

check your main relay

 

Stop parking in the sun!


J/K....the main relay would be my first try also!

 

I have a 1994 accord EX. How do I change the main relay? Where is it located? I am guessing below the steering. Please help. Trying to save some money by doing it myself.

 

Iluvbogs - It's better to post your own problem. Otherwise you may not get any replies.

Main Fuel Relay is located at the top of the dash board against the outside of the car. It's usually a gray box about 2x2x1 in. by Mitsuba. There are seven wires to an 8-pin connector.

Remove the speed control unit from bottom of dash left of steering wheel and it's almost directly above that unit. Remove the bolt that holds the bracket to the body rather than try to separate relay from the bracket. It's got a lock that is tough to release in place.

If you're handy w/ a soldering iron, you can remove old solder and resolder the joints to fix the relay. Solder joints fatigue w/ heat cycling resulting in intermittent no-start.

good luck

 

He said he has a 94,it is on the right side of the steering column,look strait up.

 

I see a gray box on the right side of steering (on the door side). The box is about 3x3x1. It looks lit its bolted to a gray bracket. No labels on the box.

Do I really need to remove the dash board etc... or can I just unbolt the bracket?

It seems like its bolted top and bottom. Very hard to get it out.


Modified by iluvbogs at 6:57 PM 9/26/2004

 

unbolt the bracket