I have a 92 accord that I received in a partial trade for a truck i sold. It starts fine most of the time. However sometimes it will start fine and after I run it for awhile and then shut it off it wont restart. After trying to start it numerous times it usually fires up. Sometimes it just wont start at all. When it doesnt start (usually cold) it acts like it isn't getting fuel. I put a jumper wire on the fuel pump and I could hear the fuel pump kick on and the car started up. I am guessing it isnt the fuel pump therefor. I am assuming it is the fuel pump relay. Any other suggestions? It always cranks so I know it is either fuel or spark issues. Any Ideas?

 

Possibly distributor. I chased a cold morning starting problem for months in my 93 Accord EX (should be almost identical to yours) and finally figured out that keeping the distributor just a bit warmer on really cold nights (nothing but a thick rag wrapped around the actual distributor while it still had some warmth in it) prevented the starting problem.

My problem differed from yours in that once I got it running and up to operating temperature, I could cut it off and restart it as much as I wanted, but, after it sat overnight in cold weather, it was hard to start the next day, until I held that little bit of heat in that distributor.

I had good cap, rotor, wires and plugs, so I finally replaced the distributor with aftermarket one from ebay and the problem was solved. I suspect the 15 year old Ignitor inside the distributor could no longer take the cold temperatures.

At one point, I thought it was the Main Relay but remembered that is almost always a hot weather problem. This starting problem was only in very cold weather. No starting problem on cool or warm nights.

 

possible. I will try it. Just not sure what the fuel pump issue is.

 

Your problem might be fuel pump or that relay but don't throw expensive parts at the problem. Be sure by ruling out the small stuff, first. I did end up buying a distributor, but it was only about $90 and I did it myself.

 

sounds good. anyone else have any ideas