Civic Stalling in Hot Weather

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neosirex - 12 Aug 2006 16:55 GMT

Hi i have a 1998 Civic Cx Automatic with 160k miles on it
The car has a hard time starting in hot weather sometimes and also
sometimes stalls when driving. When i stall the electric doesn't go off so
my radio is still on and everything but i have to go park and restart the
car afterward. There are no odb codes going off on the car and it's
recently had timing belts and fuel filter changed. I'm thinking it has
something to do with the fuel pumpish or something but i dunno. Any help
would be great. THX

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'Curly Q. Links' - 12 Aug 2006 17:50 GMT

> Hi i have a 1998 Civic Cx Automatic with 160k miles on it
> The car has a hard time starting in hot weather sometimes and also
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> something to do with the fuel pumpish or something but i dunno. Any help
> would be great. THX

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SEARCH for honda main relay. It probably needs to be resoldered
(anyway). Don't unbolt it, just slip the guts out of the shell. Other
posts will tell you how to restart without waiting for it to cool down.
Didn't your car qualify for the ignition switch recall? Usually main
relay only affects restarting, it doesn't cause stalling in traffic.

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/civic/x02-031e.pdf

Look at posts about igniter too.

'Curly'

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jim beam - 12 Aug 2006 18:00 GMT

>> Hi i have a 1998 Civic Cx Automatic with 160k miles on it
>> The car has a hard time starting in hot weather sometimes and also
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> 'Curly'

dead igniter rarely allows re-starts. once it's gone, it's gone.

i'd go for ignition switch recall, then look at tired ignition
componentry. old plugs and leads hate getting too hot.

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Robert - 14 Aug 2006 03:36 GMT

When my igniter went bad, it would cause a feeling like spark plug
wires shorting out. Then after a while, the engine would quit. Only
after it cooled down, could I start the engine again. The problem
seemed to go away then after the engine got hot again, the sequence
reappeared. - Bob

> >> Hi i have a 1998 Civic Cx Automatic with 160k miles on it
> >> The car has a hard time starting in hot weather sometimes and also
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> i'd go for ignition switch recall, then look at tired ignition
> componentry. old plugs and leads hate getting too hot.

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