Honda civic wagon 1988, 1.6 all wheel drive

I have a honda civic wagon 1988, 1.6 all wheel drive. My car starts up with no problem. When it warms up I hit the accelerator and it sucks up air and it shuts off. I crank it and it gets flooded with gas and it wont start. I have changed the oxigen sensor, spark plugs, the wires, the valve cover gasket and seals and I'm still having the same problem. Please help!!!

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  • first things first.. check spark and fuel...normally when a honda starts, warms up then suddenly shuts off the check engine light will turn on. usually the distributor will go out, i had the same problem on my last wagon, turned on the shut off. it was the dizzy get it checked out..lmk how it goes,GOOD LUCK!
  • TazTaz Band Wagon
    I have checked the dizzy and its look brand new, I actually replaced it not even a year ago. I still cant find the problem. I appretiate it...
  • Possibly the main fuel relay. I too have an '88 1.6L RT4WD.

    Mine would start almost every time and progressively noticed at times, it would not start in the morning or re-start while out running errands. I checked the relay before and it all looked good. But I’m learning that even thought the factory solder may look in-tack, that it may pull away just enough to lose contact.

    Anyways, within like a 2-3 week timeframe, I started to notice after warm-up and luckily it only happened on the streets and not the highway, I would be at a light and when it turned green, I would try and drive off and the car would sputter and die immediately. I would have to wait a few minutes before it would start up again and off I when with no problems.

    The weather was getting on the colder side during these events and felt that had something to do with it, I don’t know. Anyways, I’ve since changed out the main fuel relay (mid-January). The weather has been warming up and I haven’t had this issue happen since so hopefully this corrected it.

    Check your relay and see if that could be the issue.

    Good luck and let me know what the final outcome was.
  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    yup check the main relay
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