- Location
- Riverside, CA
I figured I would post here to resolve my dilemma.
I have a 2001 Honda Accord EX Couple v4 with 186k miles on it that I use for work. Recently, I've been experiencing an odd problem. I can normally start up the car (First Start after several hours or over night) fine and drive it, but every now and then, when I cut the engine and start the car after a drive, the car won't start. The car would crank, but the engine won't start. Strangely, if I wait about 5 mins., it would miraculously start again.
Here is what happened 2 days ago. I was at a client and was on my way out. I cranked up the car after 4 hours of letting the car sit in the parking lot after my arrival. The car won't start. Again, it cranked with no problem... the engine just won't start. So, I take my client out to lunch thinking that I need to give the car a bit more time. I get back and tried again. It wouldn't start right away. I kept trying every 5 mins and it finally started back up.
I was driving home, and the freakin' car dies on me on the freeway on a uphill climb (very steep). I was doing about 70mph. Thankfully, I was on the slow lane and I pulled over immediately. I tried to crank her up, but I only heard her crank but no ignition. I wait about 10 minutes and she fires up again. After this I drive home for about 3 hours with no further incident.
During the weekend, I had no reason to drive my beater, but I did try to crank the car and all attempts worked....
So, any clues as to what the problem is? I actually have a lot of fun working on this car since I could careless about the car breaking since it is my beater car. I would like to try and fix this to for fun and if it breaks, I'm just gonna donate it.
I don't believe I've repaired anything major on this car since it was bulletproof for a long time (other than a messed up tranny). I changed my timing belt around 90k miles. I thought it can potentially be my timing belt snapping, but the car started up, sounded fine, and drove fine after stalling out on me on Friday. Very strange...
I have a 2001 Honda Accord EX Couple v4 with 186k miles on it that I use for work. Recently, I've been experiencing an odd problem. I can normally start up the car (First Start after several hours or over night) fine and drive it, but every now and then, when I cut the engine and start the car after a drive, the car won't start. The car would crank, but the engine won't start. Strangely, if I wait about 5 mins., it would miraculously start again.
Here is what happened 2 days ago. I was at a client and was on my way out. I cranked up the car after 4 hours of letting the car sit in the parking lot after my arrival. The car won't start. Again, it cranked with no problem... the engine just won't start. So, I take my client out to lunch thinking that I need to give the car a bit more time. I get back and tried again. It wouldn't start right away. I kept trying every 5 mins and it finally started back up.
I was driving home, and the freakin' car dies on me on the freeway on a uphill climb (very steep). I was doing about 70mph. Thankfully, I was on the slow lane and I pulled over immediately. I tried to crank her up, but I only heard her crank but no ignition. I wait about 10 minutes and she fires up again. After this I drive home for about 3 hours with no further incident.
During the weekend, I had no reason to drive my beater, but I did try to crank the car and all attempts worked....
So, any clues as to what the problem is? I actually have a lot of fun working on this car since I could careless about the car breaking since it is my beater car. I would like to try and fix this to for fun and if it breaks, I'm just gonna donate it.
I don't believe I've repaired anything major on this car since it was bulletproof for a long time (other than a messed up tranny). I changed my timing belt around 90k miles. I thought it can potentially be my timing belt snapping, but the car started up, sounded fine, and drove fine after stalling out on me on Friday. Very strange...
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