Hard to start

In the mornings my car has a hard time starting. It usually starts after I pump the throttle and turn the ignition for a while. Now it just started shutting off while im driving acting like the battery was unplugged. I've checked the terminales for corrosion, tightened the terminales. I've left the positve terminal off over night to see if battery would drain but it didn't. I noticed when it does it the clock remains the correct time. I'm thinking an electrical problem, but im not sure where to start. I dont have any money for fanzy equipment or a mechanic. Any suggestion or solutions would be wonderful. Thank you.

Im not sure of the issue but about a couple of months ago my blower motor stop working in my car. I'd say this problem started in the first week of November 08.

The blower motor would work for a while but when I started having hard start in the morning, the blower motor began to hesitate to start or cut on in the evening, sometimes not for a few days.

About a week before christmas of this year, I started having issues with my car starting. At first when I crank the engine, it would turn for a while before it would start. Each time with the hard start the blower motor would stop working.

It would start after sitting for awhile but most of the time the engine will just turn and the car will not start.

And at this moment the car will not start at all, the engine will turn with no problem but no start.

Thanks for the reply, I did check the dash lights while turning the car on. The battery light did flicker when trying to start the engine.

I will have the Ignition switch replaced and see what happens from there. Thanks again.

Nathan

When it rains my car won't start. It won't turn over. The last time this happened, my brother in-law took a blow dryer and dried a part behind the distributer and a box with wires in it to the left of the distributer. Just wondering if this is something that might be easy to fix. It seems like every time I take my car to a garage, I am overcharged.
Thanks.

Thank you for your advice. The distributor is brand new, paid $500 to have it replaced. There is something behind the distributer that was dried out and the car started right away. A core pac or something like that?

Greetings,

We're the original owners of a '93 SE and until last May never had this happen before. The car has trouble starting, but only first thing in the morning, not when it's warmed up.

It will crank for up to 10-15 seconds, not slowly but won't turn over either. If I stop after a few seconds, turn the ignition off and try again, it will light right up. In fact, the rest of the day it starts normally without issue.

We took it to an independent Honda mechanic and it was first diagnosed with a possible bad main relay. This was replaced but did not resolve the issue. BTW, after replacing the relay, he performed a "soak down test" but it didn't help.

Plugs, wires, cap, rotor were in good shape and ruled out as well. Finally, the mechanic diagnosed the root cause as a failing fuel pump.

Replacing the fuel pump would have run about $600 which was more money than we wanted to spend. Since I have more time than money right now I thought I'd give it a shot.

With the aid of my 1993 Accord Helm manual I successfully replaced the fuel pump with a new Honda OEM unit I purchased online for about $150.

After the replacement, the car returned to normal and started just like new. However, within the past few months the problem has reoccurred same as before.

I'd appreciate any help or advice anyone could offer.

Thanks

Transmission problem
1994 Honda Accord 4 cyl Automatic

Sometimes my car starts and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't start, usually during the day, the "D4" light flashes and the engine will not turn over. It wants to, but doesn't. When I do finally get the car to start, usually at night, it starts as if there is no problem. I looked through the manual and checked the fuses and the trans dip stick, but nothing is burnt out or low on fluid. Am I missing something? Why does my car start in the early morning or late at night and not during the day? Can anyone help me?

Electrical problem
1993 Honda Accord 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual 280k miles

sometimes turn key- nothing. Turn lights on for aminute and then the car starts, battery strong?

1994 Honda Accord 185000 miles

the engine is doing this weird fast then slow then fast then slow idle when in park. Also, after driving and turning off the engine (like to fuel up), when I try to restart the car it refuses to start until it has cooled off some -- ususally 20 minutes or so. That's very inconvenient. We have replaced the "idle air control valve" but that didn't help the problem. I see where you have recommended to others to check the "fast idle valve". Is that something different?

Cold no problem after warm or hot 5 to15 sec. Tostart