I'm trying to help my friend troubleshoot his 4th gen 1989 Honda Civic LX sedan. It is an all stock setup.
He drove it home yesterday and everything was fine. Today, he told me he tried starting it and it started and ran, but died after 2 seconds or so. He said it chugged kind of like it was running out of gas. He does not have any fuel kill switches or anything like that. At first he thought it was the battery, but once I arrived I knew it obviously wasn't that as the car had power. When I started to try and start it I noticed the starter sounded kind of weird, but ofcourse this is an older car so it could be just how the starter sounds.
It does sound like it is fuel related, where is the best place to start? I tried looking for a fuel pump fuse, but based on the fuse schematic in the car, it did not look like there was one unless it was shared with another fused.
Any info would be great. I toyed with the idea of changing the fuel filter as a start, but I don't know if there are easier places to look first.
Please let me know and thanks.
He drove it home yesterday and everything was fine. Today, he told me he tried starting it and it started and ran, but died after 2 seconds or so. He said it chugged kind of like it was running out of gas. He does not have any fuel kill switches or anything like that. At first he thought it was the battery, but once I arrived I knew it obviously wasn't that as the car had power. When I started to try and start it I noticed the starter sounded kind of weird, but ofcourse this is an older car so it could be just how the starter sounds.
It does sound like it is fuel related, where is the best place to start? I tried looking for a fuel pump fuse, but based on the fuse schematic in the car, it did not look like there was one unless it was shared with another fused.
Any info would be great. I toyed with the idea of changing the fuel filter as a start, but I don't know if there are easier places to look first.
Please let me know and thanks.