93 Accord difficulty starting
I drove from NY to PA last week. After being on the expressway for about 1-1.5 hours I stopped for gas as it was nearly empty. When I tried to restart it, less than 5 min after stopping, it would crank fine but not start. I waited about a minute went to crank it over and it started fine and ran fine throughout the rest of the trip. I made 2 other stops before this problem mostly in stop and go traffic for an additional 2hours of driving with a 1/2hour break for each. I have a 133,000 miles, its a LX with an automatic. There's no check engine light or codes. I had this happen a few times last year. It has happened a couple of times after being driven consistently for more than an hour and once after sitting all day in 90+ degree heat after work but similarly it would always restart after cranking and not starting. I thought it was cause oil was leaking from the spark plug valve cover gaskets as they had oil on 3 of the wires. The cap, rotor and wires were fine, checked with a multimeter. The problem still persists. A few years ago I had to replace the igniter as the car would just die suddenly while driving at that time I also replaced the fuel filter. I'm worried one day she'll leave me stranded. Other than carrying a fuel pressure, spark tester and diagnotic info. and waiting to be stranded again I'm at a lost as to why this is happening.
I drove from NY to PA last week. After being on the expressway for about 1-1.5 hours I stopped for gas as it was nearly empty. When I tried to restart it, less than 5 min after stopping, it would crank fine but not start. I waited about a minute went to crank it over and it started fine and ran fine throughout the rest of the trip. I made 2 other stops before this problem mostly in stop and go traffic for an additional 2hours of driving with a 1/2hour break for each. I have a 133,000 miles, its a LX with an automatic. There's no check engine light or codes. I had this happen a few times last year. It has happened a couple of times after being driven consistently for more than an hour and once after sitting all day in 90+ degree heat after work but similarly it would always restart after cranking and not starting. I thought it was cause oil was leaking from the spark plug valve cover gaskets as they had oil on 3 of the wires. The cap, rotor and wires were fine, checked with a multimeter. The problem still persists. A few years ago I had to replace the igniter as the car would just die suddenly while driving at that time I also replaced the fuel filter. I'm worried one day she'll leave me stranded. Other than carrying a fuel pressure, spark tester and diagnotic info. and waiting to be stranded again I'm at a lost as to why this is happening.
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