hey all noob with problems

[nurseklb]

hello, i have really enjoyed seeing all the very well documented upgrades and pride the owners here have. i have an 86 325 coupe 5 speed and i love it. only problem is now it is sitting in the driveway and i am having to sport the accord. . . . . . . i have had my car for about 5 months now and really have not done much to it. replaced a radiator, changed the clutch fan over to an electric fan, adjusted the valves and put in a stereo. about a week ago the car felt like it was bucking when i was leaving work. made it home ok, thought it was a cold start issue. a few days ago the car would not start. found a screw loose( was in the little plastic box between the strut tower and the fuse box. looked like it was a fuse or a fuseable link) reinstalled it and the car started right up. this morning the car wouldn't start again, checked the screw it was tight. i also seem to have no clutch safety switch as i can start the car without pushing in the clutch. any ideas to start with would be great.

tia
kevin

[Rocco335i]

check and make sure you got fuel then spark if no spark check voltage at the coil if still no spark check tps (throttle position sensor) if no fuel check fuel pump then fuse then relay try that and see what happens

[nurseklb]

the other day i checked for fuel at the rail and the hose was dry on the inside.......no fuel there. i will check it again when i get home and see what it is doing now.

[nurseklb]

ok, my wife went out and tried to start my car......on a whim..........started right up. she said it idles kinda rough bounces between 700 and 900 rpm. would the fuel pump be an intermittin problem like this? she did not drive it as she said she didn't want it to break down on her while she was out.

[Rocco335i]

check your fuelfilter it could be clogged

[SpecM]

fuel pump relays can go intermitently like that

[nurseklb]

Which relay is for the fuel pump? What color wires go into it?

[accident]

Since nobody else has answered this, it didnt come with a clutch safety switch.

[nurseklb]

ok, i was not sure........ good to know that it was not rigged up!!! thanks

[SpecM]

Since nobody else has answered this, it didnt come with a clutch safety switch.

truth

Which relay is for the fuel pump? What color wires go into it?

Look at the little three-relay box near the PS resv. IIRC, the fuel relay is the furtherest back. Also, the o2 relay is the same (right next to it), and not needed to run the car, so swap the two and see if it runs any different.

[nurseklb]

i swapped them out once. but that was before the loose screw was found. i will try that. thanks

[nurseklb]

ok, so i have swapped the relay and so far so good. . . . . . . . thanks for the help!!!

[SpecM]

ok, so i have swapped the relay and so far so good. . . . . . . . thanks for the help!!!

yep, I would still replace both of those relays tho... they are prob the same age and the o2 one is prob about to go as well...

[nurseklb]

ok, well last night went to the car...........no start!!!!! swapped relays, no good. jumped wires heard fuel pump come on.....still no start.......could there be an intermitten ignition problem?

[Jesse30]

have you replaced the fuel filter?

try that, i havent heard anything of an ignition problem. but stranger things have happened.