eksedandude
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Let me just give some background info to start out. I'm not new to Honda's but have been out of the import scene for a few years. Have built several Honda and Integra's in the past, I know these cars pretty well but have never seen an issue like this and it has me stumped. I recently got this 98 LX and it has ran great until today, but the heater contols have never worked and the car has no heat or defrost, so I was checking fuses trying to see if maybe it was simply a blown fuse. All the fuses in the interior box were good, but I found one blown fuse in the hood fuse box, it was a 7.5 amp fuse near the back corner of the box....my diagram tells me this fuse was for the main relay and fuel pump, which didn't make sense to me because the car has ran flawlessly up until I changed that blown fuse for a new one, now the car will crank just fine but wont fire up. I even tried putting the blown fuse back in and it still wont start again, and didn't blow the new fuse I put in it either. I checked the main relay and all the solder connections on it seem to be in good shape, none are burnt or cracked, the relay looks fairly new actually. There was a spare main relay in the glove box so I tried it and it didn't make a difference either.
One thing I did notice is that there was an old fuse box laying in the trunk where someone has obviously swapped out the stock under hood fuse box for a new one, but I'm not sure why, the old one still looked to be in good shape also. I checked the fuel filter and it is full of fuel, but I don't hear the fuel pump come on when the key is turned on. I'm wondering what could have happened when I put the new fuse in, that would cause the car not to start back? Let me just say this car isn't stock, the engine bay is fully tucked, has a stock Y7 engine and P20 5speed trans, with a P2E Ecu that I believe has been chipped or tuned. If anyone has any idea what could be the cause of the car not starting, please throw those ideas my way, I'm willing to try anything I can to get it running again. Is there a way to bypass the main relay to see if that is the problem before spending the money on a new one? Would resetting the ecu possibly fix the issue? I didn't reset the ecu yet because I dont want to add to the problems since I know little to nothing about the history of this car. Thanks for any help you fella's can offer
One thing I did notice is that there was an old fuse box laying in the trunk where someone has obviously swapped out the stock under hood fuse box for a new one, but I'm not sure why, the old one still looked to be in good shape also. I checked the fuel filter and it is full of fuel, but I don't hear the fuel pump come on when the key is turned on. I'm wondering what could have happened when I put the new fuse in, that would cause the car not to start back? Let me just say this car isn't stock, the engine bay is fully tucked, has a stock Y7 engine and P20 5speed trans, with a P2E Ecu that I believe has been chipped or tuned. If anyone has any idea what could be the cause of the car not starting, please throw those ideas my way, I'm willing to try anything I can to get it running again. Is there a way to bypass the main relay to see if that is the problem before spending the money on a new one? Would resetting the ecu possibly fix the issue? I didn't reset the ecu yet because I dont want to add to the problems since I know little to nothing about the history of this car. Thanks for any help you fella's can offer