93 civic will not start when its hot out, everything is stock on the car, it also does this when you start and stop the car a lot like running errands. Someone help!

 

Does the starter crank the engine? Or does it just do NOTHING?

If the starter cranks, but it doesn't start, then check these...
Turn key 'on' but not all the way to 'start'. If you listen you should hear the fuel pump run for about 2 seconds. It's not real loud, so you have to listen for it.

Then pull a sparkplug wire & check for spark while cranking.

While the starter cranks, does the tachometer do anything? Or is it just dead?


If the starter doesn't run, then...
Check all the big wires at the battery & at the starter, and all the ground wires. Shouldn't be any corrosion or loose connections.

Hit the starter with the handle of a screwdriver or something like that.

Tell us what happens when you try any of this stuff.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Does the starter crank the engine? Or does it just do NOTHING?

If the starter cranks, but it doesn't start, then check these...
Turn key 'on' but not all the way to 'start'. If you listen you should hear the fuel pump run for about 2 seconds. It's not real loud, so you have to listen for it.

Then pull a sparkplug wire & check for spark while cranking.

While the starter cranks, does the tachometer do anything? Or is it just dead?


If the starter doesn't run, then...
Check all the big wires at the battery & at the starter, and all the ground wires. Shouldn't be any corrosion or loose connections.

Hit the starter with the handle of a screwdriver or something like that.

Tell us what happens when you try any of this stuff.
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Good advice

93 Civic? I'd check the main relay. Sitting in your car, turn the key on without engaging the starter, you will hear the fuel pump build pressure (under rear seat), and the warning lights on your dash will go on for a few seconds. When the warning lights go off, carefully listen down by your left foot, for a "tink" or "click" sound (very faint). If this doesn't happen, main relay making that sound, then it's the problem.

Until you are able to get one, what you do is cycle the key listening for that sound, sometimes you have to do it 5, 6, or even 20 times, when you finally hear it, then crank it over and it will start.


--Chad who's done this many, many times

 

The car cranks over fine, i have checked google and found out other people are having the same problems, when I was turning the car on I could not even hear the fuel pump coming on, I found out its the main relay, the the board that needs to be resolderd. The link ===&gt;http://techauto.tripod.com/mainrelay.htm

Thanks for everyones help!!

 

Cha-ching

I knew it, I knew it. Toot, toot

-Chad tooting his own horn

 

you the man chad!!