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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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Default Oil light and CEL light went dead, car wont start

I was driving down the road when all the sudden my temp gauge started acting like the tach. I shut my car off and now it wont start back up.
The oil and CEL lights are very dim, but all the others are good. I hooked it up to a battery charger and no change. The cel light will come on, but very dim and not for the correct length of time. Then there is a buzzing sound from a grey box next to the interior fuse block.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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Default Re: Oil light and CEL light went dead, car wont start

I think that grey box is the main relay. Would that cause the problem described?
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Default Re: Oil light and CEL light went dead, car wont start

Possibly, if the box, [PGM-FI Main relay] is buzzing there is a problem, either internaly or a poor ground...

Problems with the PGM-FI Main Relay are common, but almost always easy to fix...

http://techauto.awardspace.com/mainrelay.html
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/mainrelay.html

Good luck. 94
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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Default Re: Oil light and CEL light went dead, car wont start

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Possibly, if the box, [PGM-FI Main relay] is buzzing there is a problem, either internaly or a poor ground...

Problems with the PGM-FI Main Relay are common, but almost always easy to fix...

http://techauto.awardspace.com/mainrelay.html
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/mainrelay.html

Good luck. 94
I replaced the main relay and now there is still no CEL, no 2nd click, and when I go to start it, it turns on the radiator fan!?!?!!
I am stuck at this point.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by fcm
Possibly, if the box, [PGM-FI Main relay] is buzzing there is a problem, either internaly or a poor ground...
You got it exactly!
I replaced my clutch a few days ago. The ground wire from the passenger side to the transmission was loose. Once I tightened that up everything started working fine again, started right up.
Thanks!
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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...and now it bogs and hesitates trying to get over 4K RPM. I think I screwed something up running without the ground cable tight.
I reset the ECU with no luck.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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I must have damaged the original main relay when the ground was loose. I put the one I just bought back in and it runs fine.
Fixed....for now....
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