SENARIO - I DRIVE UP TO THE QUICKI MART AND GRAB A BEER AND SOME SMOKES. IT IS 1 MILE. I GET OUT GET MY STUFF AND TRY TO START MY '88 HONDA. THE ENGINE TURNS OVER FINE BUT I AM NOT GETTING ANY FIRE. IF I WAIT 15 MINUTES IT WILL START FINE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR. IF I AM IN A HURRY I CAN USE SOME STARTER FLUID AND GET IT GOING BUT IT TAKES TWO TRYS EVERY TIME. OTHER THAN THAT MY HONDA IS GREAT. IT HAS 213,000 MILES AND IS ALL FACTORY. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LEAKS AND I KEEP THE OIL CHANGED.

WHAT IS KEEPING MY CAR FROM STARTING AFTER SHORT TRIPS.

 

DOES YOUR FUEL PUMP WHIRR WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION (NOT START)? IT MAY BE THE HONDA COMMON PROBLEM OF A BAD MAIN RELAY. WHEN IT GETS WARM, THE SOLDER JOINTS INSIDE IT MAY BE CAUSING AN OPEN CIRCUIT AND YOUR FUEL PUMP MAY NOT BE WORKING. ISN'T IT ANNOYING TO READ ALL THIS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? MAYBE I SHOULD TURN THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND RETYPE IT. AHHH... SCREW IT - I'M DONE.

 

I have never noticed the fuel pump making any noise. I can check the main relay though. Sorry about the caps. I see your point. Thanks for the reply.

 

my fuel pump relay was weird...it would stop working, but when we checked it, it would work fine, the when we put it back in, it would work good for like 2 starts, the stop workin again...so maybe even if you check it, and it looks ok, it might still be bad. i need to learn how to get to the point in my stories...lol.