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91 Prelude dies after 1/4 mile
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npuls
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Oct 27, 2009, 9:08 AM
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91 Prelude dies after 1/4 mile
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My battery recently died on my 91 honda prelude. When I went to get a battery I had them test the alternator just to make sure that the battery really was dead instead of the car not recharging the battery. It was working perfectly fine and my car even ran just fine after a jumpstart without a battery in the car.
That was about a month ago. Then a few weeks ago I was idling, waiting for a friend, and the lights started to fade to nothing and eventually the car just stopped running. I thought it was a battery problem, so I got a quick jump and started off again. About a 1/4 mile down the road, the same thing happened while I was stepping on the gas. There was nothing I could do and it just slowely died. We tried to jump it again, and this time, we let it charge for about 30 min. I turned around, heading for home, and it died at the exact spot where it had died the first time.
This morning I finally got a chance to get back to the car and have a look. i was hopping it was something simple like a belt came off or something. But everything is intact. I got in the car, just to see what would happen and the dash lit up and the "door ajar" beeper went off, but when I tried to start it, the engine didn't budge. Since all the lights came on and the battery is still so new I'm wondering if this is really an electrical problem or is there something else going on here?
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Oct 27, 2009, 3:46 PM
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Re: 91 Prelude dies after 1/4 mile
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npulls; This smacks of a charging system problem. Have the battery fully charged and tested. Then, have the alternator tested. Make sure that you don't have a blown fuse. Many of these had a fused circuit for the alternator.
Loren
SW Washington
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