I searched and read a lot about the main relay, but I still have some unanswered questions. I noticed last year, my car would have trouble starting when it was warm. I read and found out that the main relay could be the problem. I replaced it with a brand new OEM main relay from Honda. A year later, I've been noticing that when the weather was starting to change (become warmer), my Integra would have trouble starting. As in, it would crank a few times and then finally start/run. Just this past week, the weather has been getting hot (75+ degrees) and my Integra would sit for a while (few hours), start up and then die after a few seconds. After that it would just crank and not start/run. I would have to have the windows down for a while and then it would start up. I noticed that the fuel pump wasn't priming. Now, my question is, would I need to replace my main relay again, after a year?

Thanks for any help and replies!

 

not very common but definately sounds like the relay..... unfortunately not much you can do but replace it or deal with it.... would def. say its the relay giving u problems!

 

my went out on my 92 and a friend of my told me to fix it, all u have to do is take off the cover and apply some new solder on top of the old one, I did it and the car started everytime, you should try to fix it.

 

Or you can clean out the plug remove all that residue left behind from the electrical current.

 

I still have my old relay. I just took the old one apart to check the soldering connections. It seems like the previous owner attempted to fix the old relay with the soldering trick. I resoldered the two the previous owner attempted to fix. I guess, I'd replace the new one with the resoldered old one and see if that works. But I just found it odd that the new one went out after a year. lol, its litereally exactly a year since I had trouble last time. All I did to fix it was replace the relay and it was fine.

Well, I resoldered the old relay and installed it. She started right up. So I pulled apart the new one (the one that wasn't working) and checked the solder joints. There were like 2-3 that had the hairline cracks. How can a brand new OEM Honda main relay go out after one years use?

Another forum said that it was my ignition coil, could they be right?

 

I dont think the coil is the problem, when the coil goes out thats it, but if you want to be safe just put one in it, but again I dont think thats the problem.