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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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My 90 crx B18a has a drain and I can't seem to locate it any help is greatly appreciated
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 03:26 PM
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A drain for what fluid or are you having an electrical drain?
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 03:50 PM
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 03:53 PM
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It might be your alternator. Over time they tend to gunk up on the inside and become weaker and weaker. Take it off and rinse it out to get some of that grime out. Should get better performance out of it that way.
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 04:46 PM
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It's brand new
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 09:12 PM
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You need to do electrical test with an ameter. Unplug fuses until you see the amps drop and you can narrow it down to the circuit that is giving issues.

The obvious issues are typically alarm or aftermarket stereo or accessories.
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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 11:06 AM
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"Help!"

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Old Nov 6, 2014 | 09:01 PM
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Typically the seat belt mechanisms cause an electrical drain on the 89-91 efs.

Try diagnosing by disconnecting the electrical plugs under the door panel.
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Old Nov 6, 2014 | 09:02 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:01 PM
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Sorry about the thread title but I kept getting my threads dropped and my current daily is an s2000 not what I want to be driving in the snow
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:08 PM
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do these have the seat belts with the electric pre tensioners? there were issues with the early ones across the entire Honda line those years
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:15 PM
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Idk if I do or not it was someone else's project I thought I'd have fixed up last winter they did do couple nice things tho B18A swap disc brakes in the rear etc.
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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they had the same issues with third generation accords when they changed belts mid generation, there is a solenoid which is supposed to pre tension the belt in a wreck, they end up staying energized and drain the battery, they had the same issue on most of their models with those same belt systems
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Old Nov 9, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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Thanks everyone for the help
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