Just got my 2001 ITR the other day and it cut off on me 3 times so far. I have AEM CAI, DC 4-1, and GReddy EVO. For no reason at all, the car just dies. No codes or nothing. Took it to Acura and they have no idea what happened and why. Happened 2 more times after that, and instead of getting it towed I just tried to get it started my self. Turn the key to 3 times in a row and tried to start it while giving it gas. It was struggling, finally started and dies again. Tried again, and get the RPM's up on my own. Drove it to the gas station, waited 5 minutes and started it again, no problem. Acura wants to keep my car until it does it again, but I don't think they are smart enough to figure it out.

The first time I took it to them they noticed there was water droplets on the bottom of the spark plug wires grounding out spark. The day before Honda just cleaned my engine, so needless to say they out the water there. They dried them and said I should be fine. Are my plugs bad or something?

I am purchasing an A/F gauge and Volt meter tomorrow to see where I stand. I noticed my car smelled a little lean when I was running it sometimes. If I see its lean I will buy a fuel pump, FPR, fuel rail, and fuel pressure gauge.

Has this or is this happening to anyone else? Please help. Thanks

 

fuel filter??

 

I don't think your car is running lean enough to make it just shut down.
I would say don't buy any more mods before you figure out what the problem is. If not, it may just creat more problem.

 

Did this happen after the car is already warmed up?

 

How do your spark plugs look? Can you post a pic of them? How does your ignition system look? Bad connections at the map sensor and tps sensor will also cause similar symptoms, so you might give them a check.

 

what does lean smell like?

 

You say the dealership detailed your engine bay recently? They may have gotten water in the distributor cap.

 

i never knew you could tell a car was running lean by the smell, always thought you could only tell if it was rich.

 

yeah, it sounds like maybe your ignitor or something in your distributor is gonig out. they cleaned the engine bay, and should probably take responsibility for the problem. it's a 2001 so nothing should be worn out yet.

my car will shut off sometimes 'cause it floods from running too rich, but you don't have any fuel mods, so it shouldn't be that on your car...

 

check your main relay.

 

does it flat out die.. or does it drop real low on RPMs then cuts off cuz the rpms just cut out..

 

Just curious, but how is an a/f meter and a voltmeter going to "tell you where you stand"?? If Acura got your motor wet, and they already admitted they did, i would just leave it with them. No offence, but i would do that if i were you, rather than screwing with it yourself unless you have a Helms.

 

I don't know what the plugs look like, I havent taken them out yet. This happens after the car has been warmed up for a long time. The rpm's get real low and then it dies. Water could be in my distributor cap, I will let Acura check and see if my ignitor is bad. Thanks guys.

 

ignitor is my bet.

and smell lean? hehe I laughed at that.

leave the a/f gauge and voltmeter at the store.

 

Check the distributor. On my old CRX, after it was painted, they detailed the engine bay for me. On the way home, it died a few times for no reason (ran perfect before painting). I found moisture on the spark plug wires, and after pulling off the distributor cap, noticed water inside. My engine bay was sparkling clean, but they killed my distributor, but they paid for a used one.

 

Yeah, I just talked to my buddy who worked at Baranco Acura and now he works at Honda as a technichian and he said it is probably distributor related. Going to Acura tomorrow (Monday) to get it taken care of. Should be under warranty so its all good. Thanks for all the help and I will let you know how things go.

 

Yeah I bet it's the ignitor.

 

raise the idle and see if it does the same thing.

 

So I went to Acura Monday and asked them about my problem again. The guy told me that if my ignitor was bad, that my car wouldn't work at all. So in other words, no they aren't going to replace it for free. Could there be some other problem? Could there be water in my harness connectors? Please help me if you can. It is now Tuesday night going on Wednesday, no signs of cut off so maybe it is cured or all the water has dried.

 

Uhh, ignitor issues are usually sporadic and temperature dependent. Eventually they die and your car does not run at all.

 

mine does that cuz i haven't winterized it. If it gets too cold, it won't start. I also heard it could be a head-gasket...

 

Winterize? What does that mean? It is probably temperature related. Do you think the engine could have something to do with it? Thanks guys for all your help.

 

not true, the car will still run if the ignitor is bad, or going bad. the problem will be more noticable after the car has been running for a while.

 

Fuel pressure regulator

 

shutting down??? huh....fuel pump maybe?