Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!teddy!mlf From: mlf@teddy.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Accord stalling Message-ID: <1100@teddy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 13:45:15 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1100 Posted: Thu Jan 3 13:45:15 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 08:12:29 EST References: <293@sftri.UUCP> Reply-To: mlf@teddy.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 20 Summary: In article <293@sftri.UUCP> mdash@sftri.UUCP (M.D.Scheer) writes: >Our trusty 1980 Accord has developed a nasty and puzzling bug. > >After ~30-40 minutes of highway driving (say 55 to 65 mph) it will start >to lose power. Symptoms are characteristic of a fuel supply problem: >dead low-to-midrange throttle, etc. The symptoms worsen if we continue >driving and, after another 10 or 15 minutes, the car will stall outright. >After sitting about 5 minutes though, we can drive off again, only to >repeat the cycle. I've heard of a similar-type problem on a car (not a Honda) in which the gas-cap vent hole was plugged. After prolonged driving, the gas tank built up negative pressure and the fuel pump couldn't supply the engine with fuel. Maybe you have a similar problem. -- Matt Fichtenbaum "Our job is to rescue fires, not put out your cat."