DESPERATELY need main fuel relay for my '95 Prelude

uberNoobZA · Post by **uberNoobZA** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:59 am

wurlycorner wrote:Would be very surprised if you'd damaged the Relay tbh

Hehehe - you obv. don't know me that well - I can break anything (and usually do)

A mate of mine who's helping me (WAY more experience than me, and he's teaching me as I work on my cars) had a look and all looks in order (currently only checked visually, I will admit) - he also suspects the relay. The relay does 'smell fused' as well (though I've never smelt it before now, so maybe it always smelt like that

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Still - got a very air price for the replacement relay from vanzep, so it's not a big issue if it turns out not to be the relay. Plus, swapping the relay is real easy, so may as well do the easier checks first, before I start digging around under the dash again (very tight mess under there thanks to the £$%£$% that installed the alarm/immobilizer).

firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:44 pm

its seems most aftermarket alarms seem to be throw into the car , i spent the time and removed the one fitted in mine and some of the connections where a joke

uberNoobZA · Post by **uberNoobZA** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:53 pm

Drax wrote:i have a spare if your desperate bud, but its my spare so ill either need it back at some point or if yours is proved faulty then post the faulty one to me and i can re solder the points to hopefully make it work again

Thanks for the offer - Missed your post. Wasn't ignoring you

uberNoobZA · Post by **uberNoobZA** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:01 pm

wurlycorner and firstlude - due to being told by the courier that my replacement relay would only arrive Monday, I decided to take your advice, and went and checked EVERY fuse (not just those that seemed to be linked to ignition). I found a 10A fuse, labelled 'Back Up' (fuse location number 4) which was blown. I replaced this, checked all other fuses in the interior fusebox, put my relay back, and she started !!

Came home and waiting for me at home is my replacement, re-soldered relay from vanzep... Delivered just half an hour after I left this morning

All my tools etc. are at the barn / workshop, and I don't like working on the cae on the side of the street where I live, so I'll replace the relay tomorrow - even though existing one is fine, may as well replace it with a recently re-soldered one.

firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:03 pm

good news glad she is up and running now , i always check all the fuses now when i have an electrical issues after much time wasted checking and replacing things that werent faulty only to find it was a fuse that you wound not think to check , just checked the workshop manual and if its fuse 4 in the under dash fuse box this does the PGM-fi main relay so yes with this blown it wont start

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:33 pm

Great news, glad you've got it sorted