1999 Honda Accord Intermitant stalling when "warm"

ALBERT LANG

MEMBER
1999 HONDA ACCORD
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
145,000 MILES

Last summer the car would stall after driving for several minutes. This only occured after the car was sitting in hot sun for several hours. The car would die as if the key was turned off. (No sputtering or hesitation.) After several attempts at restating, it would start and then be fine for the rest of the trip.

When trying to restart it will run for a just a moment and then cleanly shut off.

Now it sometimes stalls while driving after it has been sitting for 30 minutes or so (parked ) of being parkedwith a hot engine.

Once it stalled after sitting in traffic on a warm day. The problem never seems to occur unless heat from the air/sun or engine is present.

It is also taking up to 10 or more attempt to resart, at first it only took 2-3.

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JASONRAY

MECHANIC
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My first inclination is to tell you to replace the distributor. I can't tell you how many distributors I've replaced on hondas. There's a possiblity that your coil is getting hot and shutting down. Some models have a servicable coil, meaning you can take it out of the distributor. Some are built in and the whole distrubutor needs to be replaced. It could also be the other components in the distrubutor, as well. When it quits, you'll need to check the signal to the coil. If you want to do this yourself, here's how. First, make sure you can remove the coil from the distrubutor. Take the cap off and you'll see the coil. If there are screws attaching it, it can be replaced. If so, get a regular test light. Connect it to the negative battery post. Turn the key ON. Check for voltage at the positive wire on the coil. IF voltage IS present, connect the test light to the POSITIVE post on the battery and touch it to the OTHER wire at the coil. Have someone spin the motor over and watch the test light. It should pulse as the motor spins over. If it does, and it still is not firing, replace it. That means everything else is working but the coil just won't fire. All of this, keep in mind, is to be done when the car will NOT start and you have determined that the reason is THERE IS NO SPARK. This is VERY common on hondas. If this gets you NOWHERE, re-post and I'll help you more.