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Old December 17th 04, 03:31 PM
Remco
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Hi Michael

I am not sure if you'd want to start looking at the ECU. It could be
'it' but perhaps look at some other things first. If you have spark and
gas, the ECU is most likely ok.

In my (perhaps limited) Honda experience, it seems that Hondas are hard
to start after they've had a problem for some reason. Some other people
say this is not needed, but I've had good experience getting a car
started by spraying five seconds of ether in the air intake before
starting it -- take the intake hose off and spray it right in. Perhaps
just try that first to see if it coughs back to life.

Since you ran out of gas, maybe you sucked some gas tank sludge into
the injectors or carb. Get some gas system cleaner (not dry gas, but
the stuff that proports to clean your injectors/carb) and follow
directions as to how much to fill the car up. Some cleaners work best
on a near empty tank.

It could also be that, while you took the starter out, you yanked a
wire loose. On our integra, there are several quick disconnect bundle
connectors that are right above the starter -- one does go to the
distributor. I'd check those connectors and spray some contact cleaner
(Radio Shack) in them -- can't hurt.

Perhaps you are getting gas, but the pressure is wrong. I don't quite
get how that would happen after running out of gas but could happen at
any time, so perhaps is just a coincidence that it happened when it
did. In that case, it could be your fuel pressure regulator.

I am sure other people here will have a several more good suggestions
for you to try.
Regards,
Remco

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