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98 Civic LX. While driving last week engine just quit on me, tried 3 times to restart and immediately stalled, let it sit for couple minutes and restarted ok and ran fine. Changed the fuel filter and four days later it quit on me again while driving. Am replacing the main relay today and hoping that fixes it. Will keep you all posted. To remove this ad, register today for free or log in if already registered!
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Re: Engine quits while driving
Put in new main relay today and it quit on me again about an hour later. Any one have any ideas about what is causing it to just quit running? It will start back up after I let it sit a few minutes.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
does it die because the idle is dropping too low? or just sudden engine fail.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
It just suddenly cuts off all together. It's at the shop now and the mechanic
is going to test for bad crank or cam sensor.
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When that happened to me I needed new spark plugs
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When that happened to me I needed new spark plugs
is it a manual?
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nope. automatic
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Unhappy Re: Engine quits while driving
I have this same issue on my Civic.

1998 Honda Civic LX
manual transmission

It used to 'hiccup' while driving. Dash warning lights would flash, but the car would keep operating. In the past few months that 'hiccup' would result in the car stalling. I could leave it off for 1-2 minutes and then it would start again.

It doesn't seem to matter what gear it is in or what speed the car is going.

I've had it at a garage recently but they could not seem to reproduce the problem. They thought that it might be related to Recall ID# 38930:
http://www.internetautoguide.com/aut...073/index.html
Recall Summary
ON CERTAIN SEDANS, COUPES, HATCHBACKS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAN DEGRADE DUE TO THE HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED.

Consequence
WORN CONTACTS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
However my VIN was not part of this recall. The garage I took it to replaced this part, and I still have the same issue. However, now it is somewhat 'worse'. Now there is no longer any 'hiccup'. I'll be driving and the engine will suddenly quit without warning.

I'll keep you posted. Any suggestions are welcome.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
My mechanic found that my distributer and cap were defective, he replaced them and put on new ignition wires last Friday, so far so good.
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Ignition! Hell I was going with fuel delivery
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It quit on me again while driving on Tuesday, back to the shop this morning.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
Sometimes when I first start the car it will run for about half a second and die, might do this once or twice in a row and then it starts fine. Bought a new ignition switch yesterday on ebay so will see how that works out.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
Check the Oxygen sensor. My engine light just turned on 3 days ago and the engine almost quit today while I was driving. AutoZone said it was the a/f sensor. I'm taking it to Midas tomorrow.
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Re: Engine quits while driving
Anybody check fuel pressure? The manifold pressure sensor? Idle air control valve?
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check your fuel pump
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