Sot, friggen honda Options

[underthetire]

So, my son wanted a Honda. We found a beat up 2 door civic in his price range. Ran good for a week. He tells me it stalled. I want more details of how and when. I don't know, I was at a light and it stalled. Nothing else. So, clean the iac valve. Order correct gasket and remove throttle body, clean it. Re solder master relay since they are known for broken solder joints. Replace front axle (noisy cv). Change ATF. Runs good for a day. Says it stalled again. Then today finally stalled with no start. Towed it back to my house. No spark. Found Honda used a coil in the dizzy that has a spring to the cap. Well, wouldn't you know, this brand new looking cap was melted where the spring makes contact. I hope he can learn at least from this.

[ThePaintedMan]

Glad you figured it out! The biggest problem with Hondas is they lead ROUGH lives. Most people who own one buy them because of their reliability which to me also means they don't know how to take care of a car properly, so the car makes of for their lack of upkeep. It might take a little work to figure out all of the things that need to be done, but I'm sure the car is in much better hands with you.

I think they are true marvels of engineering and almost "idiot-proof." Case in point, my dad. He bought an Accord with damn near 300,000 miles on it and didn't do the basics when he got it. That is, change the plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fluids, TIMING BELT (very important) and thermostat. He called me from an hour and a half away and said the car was dead at a light and wouldn't restart. First thing I told him was not to keep cranking the car. If the timing belt breaks, it could bend a valve or worse due to the fact they are interference motors. I take two days off of class to come up and change the belt, along with many other things, praying the head isn't damaged. Fire it up, runs great. He makes it around the block and the car dies again. Let it cool for 15 minutes and it runs fine. Sure enough, the thermostat stuck closed and apparently Hondas will not allow the car to start again when the car is overheating, or if it senses that coolant is not flowing as it should. Car now has over 375,000 on it and runs great.

Moral of the story, change it all when you get a chance. Its a small price to pay for some reassurance and a car that should last a longgg time. Plus, the less time you spend towing it home and working on it, the more time you have for 914s!