I recently bought my car from a personal owner, until recently whenever i start the car it will turn on and after a second it will shut off, it will repeat many times until it will turn on and barely remains on. Two times i have press the pedal to keep it on but then check engine light would come on and it will start good again. I went to mechanic and they did a valve adjust but it did not solve the problem, know it does the same check engine light is on and dashboard doesnt turn on, also battery is good but it has 13.6 volts out of the 12, guy at orilies said i need to clean all bettery conections well. Please help i am desperate.
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PLEASE , describe in more detail what you mean by 'then check engine light would come on and it will start good again"........Does that mean it will stay running normally - idle and drive okay until it sits and cools off ?
When the engine light comes on, it would start normally. Yes it would be good until it cooled down.had the same problem few days ago and my mechanic checled the code and they were missfires and did a valve adjust but apparently it did not fixed it
How many miles on it?--Some other things to have checked/tested- EGR valve , spark plugs (make sure they are CORRECT OEM , either NGK or NIPPONDENSO).Coolant Temp. sensor (check when cold best after sitting overnight , then watch reading (scanner) as it warms up. Vacuum leaks , not in any specific order , just some thoughts.
This is a classic sign and symptom of the Honda Hot Soak issue. There's a service bulletin for this from Honda. Fix is about 800 to 1200 dollars. You will need a new fuel pressure regulator and a new ECU (I think). The most expensive part is the ECU. However, this might not even fix your problem. I heard that the problem can still exist even after doing these fixes.
2000 Hondas are the worst cars ever made. I would sell the car ASAP. People have spent thousands of dollars trying to fix this problem and it will not work.
The problem has to do with the fuel being too hot inside the fuel rails. This causes your engine to misfire and die on you. This might eventually screw up your catalytic converter as well.
I heard some people try bazillion of things to fix this issue including the service bulletin. I seen people replace the egr, cleaned up the egr ports, intake manifold, replaced the main replay, replaced the coolant sensor, thermostat, flushed the coolant and all have failed. I even seen guys wrapping their fuel rails with heat shield tape as well as taken rails from Honda Odyssey. Search the internet, you'll see what I mean.
Had similar problem and changing the ignition switch assembly fixed it. The switch comes with the complete harness that plugs into the fuse box to the left of your left foot. Cost was around $60.00 total.
The first time it happened I removed the ignition switch and cleaned the black carbon off; it worked fine
for about a year and problem came back; replaced it as above.
When the engine light comes on, it would start normally. Yes it would be good until it cooled down.had the same problem few days ago and my mechanic checled the code and they were missfires and did a valve adjust but apparently it did not fixed it
How many miles on it?--Some other things to have checked/tested- EGR valve , spark plugs (make sure they are CORRECT OEM , either NGK or NIPPONDENSO).Coolant Temp. sensor (check when cold best after sitting overnight , then watch reading (scanner) as it warms up. Vacuum leaks , not in any specific order , just some thoughts.