Honda genius’s please help
I have a 91 CRX Si that until now it’s been the perfect car! I’ll describe the problems. I don’t know if they are related, but I’m starting to think maybe they are (in some strange way). About a year and a half ago I went to start it up. It fired right up like usual but then just stopped and refused to restart. It was a dry cool (65 F) morning. It sat the whole day and when I got home from work the beast start right up. It drove fine (re: “fine” see note below) for about 8 months. And then did the same thing. I checked the main relay, spark, fuel etc. Replaced the plugs, cap rotor, and fuel filter just to be sure. But no start! After 3 days I got fed up and had it towed to the dealer. It started right up for the dealer and they could find nothing wrong. As before it’s been driving fine (re: “fine” see note below) until now. Now I have an intermittent problem. It suffers a stumble or hesitates when accelerating. It seems like it’s missing on all cylinders sometimes. Other times it’s just a short miss, like one cylinder. I can’t tell if its fuel or electrical related. Like I said, it’s intermittent. It doesn’t last very long but the sudden loss of power in the middle of a busy intersection is a bit scary! I did find a large crack in the center post of the cap. I replaced the cap, rotor, plugs, wires and fuel filter (again, just to be sure), but no change. I can drive for 40 miles before it happens or just a few feet! When sitting in the driveway everything checks out normal and I've checked every electric connection I can get to. No check engine light and the ECU blinks no codes (it does blink once when started, as it should). I’m thinking bad coil or igniter. Do these items suffer “intermittent” problems before completely dying?
Note: this maybe related. A long time ago it developed a little problem when it “heat soaked” a bit. When restarted (hot) the revs would drop when idling but then pop right back to normal. This went away after driving a few miles. I replaced the EACV and this did seem to solve the problem.
Anyone have an idea? Driving my 14 mpg Jeep is getting a bit expensive!
Sorry for being a bit long winded!
Thanks
Jeff