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Old May 24th 06, 05:00 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.honda
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Default 1991 Honda Civic dies after driving on freeway

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> For a variety of reasons, I couldn't test the car until today. It has
> not been driven at all since then (two weeks), but when I got ready to
> test it today, here's what I got:
>
> 1. The car fired right up.
> 2. I let the engine warm up for about 5 minutes.
> 3. Then I drove around the block four or five times.
> 4. Then I took it up to 50mph for a couple of minutes.
> 5. When I dropped the speed to under 5mph, the car died.
> 6. After waiting less than 15 seconds, I started the car again with no
> problem.
> 7. I repeated steps 2-4 again and again, but the car never died on me
> again.



Next time you test the car, take a passenger with you. When the car stalls
next, immediately jump out and check for spark while the other person
cranks the starter.

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