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UPDATE: i took a break from the car for a little bit. i kept the relay in the house, and just put it off for a couple plays. today i needed to move my car, so i figured it would plug the relay back in a give it a shot. well i plugged it back in and turned the key, there was no clicking. so there must be a bad solder somewhere on there that expanded from being warm and securing the connection again. im going to inspect it again and see what i can find. but i couldnt start the car due to the battery being dead. charging it tonight. ill also check your ideas and see what happens. just wanted to let you know what i discovered today.
UPDATE: i took a break from the car for a little bit. i kept the relay in the house, and just put it off for a couple plays. today i needed to move my car, so i figured it would plug the relay back in a give it a shot. well i plugged it back in and turned the key, there was no clicking. so there must be a bad solder somewhere on there that expanded from being warm and securing the connection again. im going to inspect it again and see what i can find. but i couldnt start the car due to the battery being dead. charging it tonight. ill also check your ideas and see what happens. just wanted to let you know what i discovered today.
im not saying your wrong about the relay being fine regardless to the smell of it, but why would it make such a racket when i turn the key to the on position right before attempting to start the car? it has never done that before all this began.
im not saying your wrong about the relay being fine regardless to the smell of it, but why would it make such a racket when i turn the key to the on position right before attempting to start the car? it has never done that before all this began.
i know the relay is bad for the simple fact that when i take the circuit board out of the case you can smell that it had overheated and burned up. no visible damage but the smell is evident as soon as you take it out.
then again im not positive, but when it smells like that its never good.
i know the relay is bad for the simple fact that when i take the circuit board out of the case you can smell that it had overheated and burned up. no visible damage but the smell is evident as soon as you take it out.
then again im not positive, but when it smells like that its never good.
UPDATE: got the battery charged up,and was inspecting the spark wires and discovered one was popped out a little bit, pushed it back down and cleaned off the wires attaching to the battery because there was lots of corrosion. tried to start the car; as soon as i turned the key, before cranking i would hear a loud clicking and clattering sound coming from the dash on the passenger side. didnt think anything of it at first.
today i was on the site and read about the main relay going bad in honda’s. and realized it was near where i been hearing all that noise. so when i got home i checked to make sure i had fuel pressure (loosened the fuel filter and turned the key, without cranking. fuel spit out as expected) and then i went over to the passenger side and dropped the glove box down and turned the key and verified that it was in fact the main relay making all that noise. i took it out, but there was no broken solders like in eric’s video. so i suspect it shorted somehow and needs replacing.
but this is where i am at now. the car now does not turn over at all (when the relay is connected) it just cranks and cranks.
would like some feedback on what you think, if i should replace the relay, or take further steps to diagnose the crank, no start.
thanks for all your help! much appreciated!
UPDATE: got the battery charged up,and was inspecting the spark wires and discovered one was popped out a little bit, pushed it back down and cleaned off the wires attaching to the battery because there was lots of corrosion. tried to start the car; as soon as i turned the key, before cranking i would hear a loud clicking and clattering sound coming from the dash on the passenger side. didnt think anything of it at first.
today i was on the site and read about the main relay going bad in honda’s. and realized it was near where i been hearing all that noise. so when i got home i checked to make sure i had fuel pressure (loosened the fuel filter and turned the key, without cranking. fuel spit out as expected) and then i went over to the passenger side and dropped the glove box down and turned the key and verified that it was in fact the main relay making all that noise. i took it out, but there was no broken solders like in eric’s video. so i suspect it shorted somehow and needs replacing.
but this is where i am at now. the car now does not turn over at all (when the relay is connected) it just cranks and cranks.
would like some feedback on what you think, if i should replace the relay, or take further steps to diagnose the crank, no start.
thanks for all your help! much appreciated!
i will make a video of whats going on tomorrow and post it, that way you can see what exactly is going on with the car. hope it helps. i dont think its the ignition switch based on how the engine is acting when trying to get it running, will update in the morning!
i will make a video of whats going on tomorrow and post it, that way you can see what exactly is going on with the car. hope it helps. i dont think its the ignition switch based on how the engine is acting when trying to get it running, will update in the morning!
i just tried to start the car again with my room,ate jumping me. i unplugged the O2 and got the same results, starts for a second and shuts off. unplugged the other O2 to see if maybe that one was bad. still had the same result
btw im driving a 98 honda civic ex, sorry i havent mentioned that before.
its a manual transmission, if that matters loli just tried to start the car again with my room,ate jumping me. i unplugged the O2 and got the same results, starts for a second and shuts off. unplugged the other O2 to see if maybe that one was bad. still had the same result
btw im driving a 98 honda civic ex, sorry i havent mentioned that before.
its a manual transmission, if that matters loldo you think it would run correctly with the sensor removed? just so i can verify there is no other problems with the car?
do you think it would run correctly with the sensor removed? just so i can verify there is no other problems with the car?