1993 Honda Accord starting car

Tiny
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  • 1993 HONDA ACCORD
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 171,268 MILES
Last year, when hot weather arrived, I started having trouble with my car starting when the weather was very hot. It would crank up just fine every morning, and after work every afternoon, it would not start. It would turn over very well, but would not start up. I would hold the gas down and keep trying until it would finally start. Hot weather left, and I have not had trouble with it until this past Thur. It got up to 83 degrees outside, and I went to leave work, and it would not start. It turned over very well. But took me a long time to finally get it started. I took it to a mechanic, he put a new distributer on. Today I left @ 2:30 in the afternoon, and it would not start. So, same routine. I went and made several stops, and never gave me anymore trouble. Please tell me what you think could be wrong? I don't understand why it only gives me trouble when it is hot outside.
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 AT 11:27 PM

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Tiny
BRUCE HUNT
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The EFI relay on the vehicle located under the dash on the driver side could be the issue. Bad solder joints have been noted and this gets amplified when the heat increases and since it is located high up under the dash can get warm with the sun causing the joints to fail.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 AT 1:17 PM
Tiny
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More than likely if you are holding the accelerator down and it is getting it to start then you have a fuel issue. So let's start with checking the fuel pressure and see what it is when this is happening.

Here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator

If this is okay, then we need to check the other basic items that cause this which are covered here in the manual below.

https://youtu.be/dCjmRL3p4Cs

Once we have this info we will have a better idea where to go but this very well could be a relay issue as mentioned above.

I am attaching the info below on this relay that we need to check so please use this guide to check a relay.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-an-electrical-relay-and-wiring-control-circuit

Please see below for the remaining detail and let us know what you find. Thanks
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021 AT 6:46 PM

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