97 honda accord problem (Page 1/1)
dudewithoutfiero SEP 18, 08:13 PM
well a friend of mine calls me today saying that his car died. went out to see whats wrong and the car would run ok on starting fluid, so we replaced the fuel pump with one from the junk yard, he is tight on money. well the car still won't start and now will not run on starting fluid anymore. we got a dizzy from the junk yard and put the ing. module in the one on the car. we could get little pops every now and again. took the number one spark plug out to see if we had spark and we would and then we wouldn't. so do we have any honda gurus on here that can help. oh by the way it is a 97lx with the 2.2l non-vtec motor 4 cyl. we do not want to throw any money on it till we know it will fix it.
carnut122 SEP 19, 09:54 AM
Read the computer for codes and get back to us. I' guessing it's a cam or crank sensor.
GreenPlatypus SEP 20, 05:39 PM
Sounds like the main relay is failing. Or possibly the distributor. Both are known failure points. But without me or an experienced mechanic actually looking at it, all you will be doing IS throwing money at it from online suggestions.
dudewithoutfiero SEP 21, 04:40 PM
well we got another accord that runs to park next to it so we will be swapping the parts over to the one that isn't running to find the part that is bad and them we will get new from there. i will post once we get the car running
PontiacJoe1995 SEP 22, 05:51 PM
When does it die? When your driving or just idling??

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dudewithoutfiero SEP 24, 02:17 PM
well got it to run but the engine is knocking pretty bad. my friend in going to strip the good parts off and junk the car. i checked the oil and it looks milky and the coolant has oil in it too. seems that the head gasket failed and trashed the motor.
carnut122 SEP 24, 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by dudewithoutfiero:

well got it to run but the engine is knocking pretty bad. my friend in going to strip the good parts off and junk the car. i checked the oil and it looks milky and the coolant has oil in it too. seems that the head gasket failed and trashed the motor.



Another one bit the dust. RIP
dudewithoutfiero SEP 25, 09:46 PM
what got it to run was replacing the main relay. the guy who came and got it said he was going to pull the motor and put in a rebuilt one that he has from a 97lx accord that was hit hard in the rear. so it isn't dead yet and will be on the road again just not in my buddy's name