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Car Forum / Acura Cars / October 2007Starting problem with '91 Integra
A couple of times in the past couple of months when I try to start my '91 Integra it turns over without seeming to fire at all. This can go on for many tries and then it starts right up without bogging... Normally it starts right up without any trouble. The other day I was on the highway with the cruise control set and the tach would suddenly die and then come back it even knocked off the cruise control. I then tried driving without the cruise control and it did the same thing a couple of times and then drove fine for the next 2 hours home. Any ideas on what (electrical?) part to test. Thanks --Art > A couple of times in the past couple of months when I try to start my > '91 Integra it turns over without seeming to fire at all. This can go [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any ideas on what (electrical?) part to test. Igniter is dying.  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns99D2838C65BEEtegger@ 207.14.116.130: >> A couple of times in the past couple of months when I try to start my >> '91 Integra it turns over without seeming to fire at all. This can go [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Igniter is dying. Here's an easy test: next time the car cranks and won't fire, watch the tach needle while cranking. If the needle jiggles a tiny bit, the igniter is OK. If the needle remains perfectly still, the igniter has died. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns99D2838C65BEEtegger@ > 207.14.116.130: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > tach needle while cranking. If the needle jiggles a tiny bit, the igniter > is OK. If the needle remains perfectly still, the igniter has died. Thanks Jim and Tegger. I was already reading about the Main Relay. Maybe I should just go ahead with that one, even though I'm kind of a shoddy solderer. Info even on that at the link from Tegger's site http://techauto.awardspace.com/mainrelay.html I have a cheap soldering iron with a point. Is a chisel preferred for this kind of circuit board work? The igniter isn't cheap. Tegger, the diagnostics on this on your site seem complicated. Should I just buy a new one or is it likely I'll continue to have minor problems where I can pay more attention to the tach needle as you suggested? I'd like not to get stranded on the highway as I don't own a cell phone. --Art > The igniter isn't cheap. Tegger, It is when you get one from the wreckers. If it costs you more than ten bucks I'd be surprised. > the diagnostics on this on your site > seem complicated. Should I just buy a new one or is it likely I'll > continue to have minor problems where I can pay more attention to the > tach needle as you suggested? I'd like not to get stranded on the > highway as I don't own a cell phone. Unless you want to conduct the tests the page shows, the only easy way of making sure it's the igniter is to watch the tach as you crank. Resoldering your Main Relay will do you no good at all. That's not your problem. Having said that though, if I were you I'd go to the wreckers and get a Main Relay there for $5. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns99D2838C65BEEtegger@ >> 207.14.116.130: [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > I have a cheap soldering iron with a point. Is a chisel preferred for > this kind of circuit board work? a chisel would be -better-,but if your iron is 25 watts or more,then a conical tip should work,too. you want to use rosin core solder,not plumbing solder(acid core). > The igniter isn't cheap. Tegger, the diagnostics on this on your site > seem complicated. Should I just buy a new one or is it likely I'll [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > --Art IMO,a flaky igniter is a major failure problem,not something to be considered "minor". SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > A couple of times in the past couple of months when I try to start my > '91 Integra it turns over without seeming to fire at all. This can go [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > --Art see www.tegger.com; "main relay" and "igniter". It may be two unrelated problems. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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