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My car will turn on and then shut off, have to press the gas for a little while to remain on and the check engine light is on
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Sounds like the Honda Hot Soak problem. Have you tried blasting the A/C for 10 minutes and then it perfectly starts up fine? If you check the engine light with a code reader, I bet it says engine misfire or clogged EGR valve. This is a classic sign on Hondas 2000 Accord with the Hot Soak.
tor.vorrachith January 15, 2015, 21:09 Rookie 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.
I havent checked the codes yet, last time they were missfires