Honda prelude 88

1988 HONDA PRELUDE
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SEALION
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The prelude starts up, runs, and drives but the problem comes when shut off the engine after about 20-30 minutes (to go to the store or something) I am unable to start the engine for at least 30-60 minutes. When I go to turn the key I hear the engine try to start but it just cant quite make it. After serveral attemps I would smell raw gas. Any ideas? A classmate suggested it would be the fuel regulator.
May 5, 2006 at 10:57 AM
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May 6, 2006 at 6:25 AM
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The car is a 88 Honda Prelude S 2.0 and the milage is about 230,000 miles. Transmission type is automatic. Thanks.
May 6, 2006 at 7:40 AM
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You are smelling gas because you have flooded the cylinders with fuel. I suspect your problem is the EFI relay. It is located in the upper left side of the dash--way up. It is a dealer only item. I would also remove the plugs and repaece them with new ones as tey are gas fouled and that errodes the spark efficency.
May 6, 2006 at 8:27 AM
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