by delbert brecht <halfsour@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Apr 28, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Elle4/28/08 11:54uqmRj.105448$497.103878@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> Could be several things, but as others say, the coils,
>> igniters and ignition switch are notorious for dying as
>> you describe. If the dying occurs after warmup, then my
>> money is on the igniter being failed.
>
> Post-o The coil is very likely to be the culprit if the car
> was dying only after warmup.
>
>
Before I replaced any expensive parts I would replace the rotor especially
if it is an aftermarket rotor. Rotors that are poorly made can develop a
"tunnel" through the plastic and allow the coil spark to short directly to
the distributor shaft. The reason it happens when warm and not cold is
because the tunnel gets bigger when warm. This tip was straight from
Honda's
Tech Line in the 1980's when I worked in a shop. The customer had spent
well
over a $1000 throwing parts at it at a non-dealer shop. When he finally
brought it to us we fixed it with Tech Lines help for $14. The symptoms
exhibited were the same if I am reading the OP description correctly.
The problem rotor was a Honda rotor which came from a batch made with a
defective molding process. I suspect that Honda rotors will not have this
problem again but aftermarket rotors probably will.
--
Pickleman
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