So a few days ago my car broke down. What happened was that as I was going all the sudden my throttle response cut out. Even if I floored it it would not raise the rpms. I figured out later on that it was just the ecu fuse that blew. I thought no problem I will just replace that. So now, 2 days later it did it again. So I put another one in there and tried to start the car and it poped it again. I put another one in there and just turned my key to accesories and noticed my fuel pump didnt prime. So I checked the fuse and it popped. So I thought, maybe if I put a 20 in there it will start. But no, it just kept cranking but it wouldnt start and the fuse was popped. So I pulled one of my spare 30 fuse and stuck it in there and my car started. I was just down the street from my house so I thought it would be ok to get it home. I worried that something is messed up. Could it be the fuel pump going out on me? Or maybe a fuel pump ground? Im not sure so any help would be great.

 

anyone have ANY ideas

 

Well i doubt this will help but my friend had the same problem and I found that one of his injectors was grounded out. It took out the ecu fuse instantly upon turning the key. Fixed the short, problem solved.

All i can say is test all your plugs for continuity to ground, if you find one make sure its supposed to be there. If its not, fix it.

 

its weird because I went out side and I taped up some wires that looked like they had some loose wires hanging out but i put a 15 fuse back in it and it fired right up. Im guessin in a few days its going to pop again.


update....
It was the wires to the o2 sensor. I was too stubbern to check them thinking there was no way it could be them. But when I finally got it up in the air I saw that it burnt through the protective plastic and exposed the wire. So then it would ground out and blow my ecu fuse. I cut and shortened the wires so they were up and out of the way.

My advice to anyone who has this problem is to check the o2 sensor wires first. And I mean really get under there and check them carefully. Any exposed wire can ground out and blow your fuse. But if thats not it then go searching else where. Good luck.


Modified by jakscivic at 10:31 PM 12/15/2006


Modified by jakscivic at 10:34 PM 12/15/2006

 

i just wanted to say that im so thankful for this information and for the life of me i couldnt figure out what was happening and why my fuse kept popping. I died on the side of the road last night. Towed it home and bam started right up. Wtf. So this o2 sensor wire exposer was exactly the same thing that happened to me and im grateful for the community and knowledge on these older hondas.

 

This thread helps to solve my ploblem too! tanks a lot!