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- Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:49 pm #60737 Whatup guys!

I'm trying to nail down exactly what went wrong and what needs to be replaced. I was on the hwy going 80mph everything was smooth until all of a sudden it lost power, sputtered a little, and then cut off. I then had to coast to the other side of the highway. I tried to start it and the starter sounded fine like it normally does, but it just wouldn't turn over. I had to then get it towed to my house and now I'm trying to figure what I need to replace or look at. I remember I had a similiar problem with an accord I had and whatever it was, it was a common issue on older Hondas when its really hot out. I'm in Ga, so you know its really hot down here. I dont remember if it was the main relay or something else. I know someone has experienced this before and would like some help jogging my brain to get this resolved.

[ChicagoMike]

- Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:51 pm #60738 Main relay.

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- Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:51 pm #60745 Is there any chance it could be the ignition coil?

- Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:17 pm #60753 Where the feck is the main relay on our cars. Ive replaced them on EKs, just not ours. I need a new one too. Mine does the same thing off and on.

1986 Nissan 300zx
1980 Kawasaki KZ650
2014 Kawasaki Ninja 300

- Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:14 pm #60906 They are right near the clutch pedal on the D.side kinda a pain to get to but they are there cant remember it might be either right before or right after the fuse box

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1

- Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:43 am #61066 Ok, it was the ignition coil. Once I ruled out the main relay by listening to see if I heard the fuel pump priming after turning the key to the second position, I purchased an ignition coil for 60 bucks and began the installation. Once I took the distributor cover off, the rotor was the only issue. The screw to remove it was rotated to the left and I needed it to be top dead center in order to access it. I cranked the car a few times to allow it to rotate to the correct position. Once done I removed it. I swapped ignition coils, replaced everything, and it started right up. Tomorrow I will go ahead and replace the plugs and wires for the piece of mind.

Thanks again to everyone and all the responses!!!!

- Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:11 am #61222 I had the same exact issue with my vx.... just stopped going.... I got lucky and just bought a new distributor... and Wala!