1987 Honda Prelude vapor lock type problem

Tiny
DEANNA DUBOIS
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  • 1987 HONDA PRELUDE
I have a 1987 Honda Prelude, 4 cylinder, with 188,500 miles so far. It runs great except for this one problem that has been difficult for the Honda service repair people to diagnose. I live in Denver and two years ago, my car started having the problem of dying out while driving on a very hot day, like 95 and above. So, we started the replacement of stuff, like the oxygen sensor, gas tank, main relay, distributor/rotor, fuel filter, spark plugs were okay, using better gas and fuel injection stuff, however, the problem still exists. Once the car stops, I wait about 15 minutes and it will start right up again and sound great. Sometimes it will keep running but often it will choke out again after driving about 10-15 minutes. This never happens in cool weather and it didn't happen at all last summer while my a/c was not working. I recently had the a/c fixed and have had it on when the above problem first occurs. Could there possibly be a connection between the a/c compressor that is starting to go out and a fuel distribution problem?
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 AT 6:10 PM

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Tiny
JOHNCL
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Try changing fuel to premium or better brand could be winter gas vapor locking. Johncl
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007 AT 6:10 PM
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BRUCE HUNT
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When this car doesn't start. You go to work and determine if it is spark to the cylinders that is missing or a lack of fuel. You have a small window of opportunity to sort this out. No spark and we can head down that path and no fuel we can take that one.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007 AT 8:26 AM

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