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car died at idle would not restart, honda dealership does not know whats wrong
these are 3 different posts from another forum basically.
Its a 2000 base. Sitting at a turn light yesterday, and the car just died on me. It would turn over like it wanted to start, but it wouldn't. Tried jumping it and got nothing (knew it wasn't the battery). Then I played with priming the fuel pump by turning the ignition to the on position, then off, then tried to start it and it cranked. I got in and started driving and it was hesitating big time when I would hit the gas, and then it just died again about a mile down the road. Had it toed to a honda dealership whom spent 2 hours on it already, and they are asking for 2 more hours because they still don't know what the problem is. It was the night crew whom worked on it, so I have to wait until 3:30pm today to get anymore info. All I know is that they check the fuel pump (as per my request), and its functioning properly. What could it be. I figured it was a clogged fuel filter that eventually burnt out the fuel pump. Could their test of the fuel pump come back that its working when its not working properly? I don't even know how they test that. I don't know if they checked the fuel pressure up by the rail to see if the filter is clogged, I will make sure of that when the mechanics that worked on it get in. Anybody has any insight to what it may be, please help.
More info after speaking with dealership
Okay, so I spoke with the rep, and this is what they found. The fuel pump operates properly, this is an electrical issue. There is no spark at the coil (which is an aftermarket blaster 2 coil from msd). He swapped the ignitor with a known good one. They want more time to chase basically all the wiring believing there is a short somewhere in the ignition system wiring. I mentioned my viper alarm has been acting up lately, and that my friend installed it years ago and did a hack job. I asked if they would disconnect the alarm brain and see if it started okay then. He also asked me for the genuine honda key (this one is a copy with the code put in it by honda), so they are picking the original car key from me right now to eliminate that possibility. Not sure if anyone has any insight to why I wouldn't be getting spark at the coil. I have a lot of hack wiring done in there with my vafc, msd sci igntion w/ blaster 2 coil, and most importantly the alarm which is really a hack job, I'm surprised its worked for this long. Not to mention the car was broken into a month ago and the stereo was ripped out. A bunch of bare wires, including something tapped into the ignition for my nitrous system or my radio that had arched while I was driving and blown the ignition fuze (which I replaced and the car has run fine since as well as I had everything repaired and a new stereo reinstalled working just fine for a month now). Just trying to give as much info as possible, looks like some wire chasing is gonna be in store.
Spoke with dealership again, they suggested with all the aftermarket stuff done and crappy wiring, that I should take it to a performance shop instead that would have a better idea of what is happening.
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