Hey gang,

Read through 61 posts here on engine stalls and found only one other similar problem in 2001 but the post was never concluded.

Have a 90 accord 4dr ex 5spd. Have 71k on it. Driving down the freeway at speed and engine cuts out on me. Drifted to side of freeway and had car towed home. Here I sit. Shorted the diagnostic plug and the CE light comes on but codes for nothing, just stays on.

I start my car cold and it runs at fast idle until it reaches just about normal operating temp at the dash. As it is very near normal op. temp. I watch the temp continue to slowly rise and my rpm's drop equally as slow. When at normal op. temp the engine kills. I can recreate this situation everytime from a cold start.

What do I want from you? Looking for a place to start. Know enough about my car to do some things myself. Put a new engine in with my father in my other 90 accord but just moved my family to a new area and my Dad isn't so close anymore. So I'm kinda stuck.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

does it get spark when the engine dies, how about fuel and check(PSI)
at times when coils get hot they tend to give out same for fuel pumps I would aslo check the ignition switch. do this when the problem happens. btw how long does it usually take for this sympton to happen. the main relay usually causes at no start condition after being parked in the hot sun, but never seen one that the engine dies when in motion, unless is a really bad one. the igniter will most of the time give out instantaneous with out warning but since it's a solid state electronic part and as you know electronic components heat is their enemy, rise in temp resistance/impedance go up. if you have some that has a distributor off a good running car I would install it and go for a test drive this is like killing two birds with one stone.