So I bought a 92 Honda Accord back in May. Right after buying it I replaced the alternator, plugs, plug wires, and distributor cap. Everything ran fine most of the summer but occasional the car just wouldn't start after running for a bit. I read that it might be the main relay so I changed that and problem gone. Then the cold hit and I have had trouble starting it since. At first in the cold it wouldn't start for like 10-15 minutes. I started to park in the garage and that seemed to help. I then replaced the battery and once I did the starter starting making a funny noise so I replaced that too. The car would start but it would take a few minutes. On Friday night I replaced the spark plugs again because they were fouled. It started right up and drove that night and all day Saturday. Remind you that Friday night I parked it outside and Saturday morning it started right up. Well Sunday was a different story. I got nothing, it turned but not over. Since Sunday I have replaced the ignition coil, fuel press regulator and the spark plugs again. Well when I go to start it, it acts like it wants to for the first minute but nothing after.

So to recap it has a new alternator, plug wires, distributor cap, plugs, battery, terminal connections, main relay, starter, ignition coil, and fuel pressure regulator and it wont start!!

Any ideas as to what to this may be or a direction to go from here?

 

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if you're plugs are getting fouled that quickly sounds like your running way to rich. Running way rich will foul your plugs real quick. Could be either Injectors or Head Gasket, just to give you a couple ideas

 

So last night I got it running after changing the distributor cap rotor and playing with the timing a little on the distributor. It started right up and ran for quite a while even ran a couple of errands and it started each time. Then I was driving home and went around a corner and the tachometer spiked and jumped around. It ran for a minute or 2 more and then the tachometer jumped around again and the car died. It was like the car was still running but nothing worked. I pulled to the side of the road and it wouldn't start again.

 

Get yourself a manual and do the electrical tests on the ignitor in the distributor.