engine will not start under hot conditions. Main relay or ignition switch or both?

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Mar 31, 2006 | 06:21 AM

dpine

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engine will not start under hot conditions. Main relay or ignition switch or both?

I own a 92 vx hatch. Lately under warm/hot conditions like after driving the car or lately when it is worm out side the car will either

A) crank and crank and crank over but not start or

B) crank and start for a quick second and stall and then will not start again (crank and crank and crank over)

it seams to be getting worse. yesterday it did the same thing when I got home from work (car had been sitting all day in the sun). I went out and came home in the eveninng when it was cool and tried to start the car. It started right up! So M y question is I have searched and I have come up with 2-3 posibilities.

1) main relay

2)ignition switch

3) both

I don't want to go to honda and buy both. I need some advise people.

thanks

Mar 31, 2006 | 10:02 AM

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Re: engine will not start under hot conditions. Main relay or ignition switch or both? (dpine)

I vote for the main relay. Pull it, resolder it, and off you go.

Mar 31, 2006 | 10:26 AM

Takumi Fujiwara

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Re: engine will not start under hot conditions. Main relay or ignition switch or both? (Perfectionis

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Perfectionist »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I vote for the main relay. Pull it, resolder it, and off you go.</TD></TR></TABLE>