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Well my experience of the main relay fault previously was the not starting when hot symptom (I.E. start the car cold, fine. Drive to destination, stop car, restart car - no go.) I'd not come across any interference on the fuel pump before before but going to be investing in a spare relay now just in case!

WE HAVE IGNITION! Seems to have solved it - hopefully for good this time. I'm going to get another "just in case" as no telling how good a soldering job we've done. Thanks for the help chap

Thanks NIK. OK got the relay, was just under the fuse box as you said. No obvious signs of wear or issues with the solder connects on the back but its being resoldered as we speak... Shame no one nearby I can try swapping with! I should add that since the issues last week BOTH keys have successfully been used in the car. I am going to try euro's for a main relay tomorrow but doubt they will stock one.

Neither key working now. I did think it may be immobilizer related last week after swapping keys solved the problem. Couple of friends in the know suggest it might be the main PGM-FI relay - which also crossed my mind especially with the heat we've been having lately. My haynes manual isn't much helpa s it seems to be mainly integra/crv based. Can anyone tell me where to find it please?

HI Boys and girls, I need some help I am afraid as we have a perplexing issue. Car in question is a 1999 MC2 Aerodeck VTi We had a starting issue approximately 5 weeks ago - car would try to turn over but wouldn't fire. Even a push start was no good (but had fuel as could smell it coming from the exhaust.) After some simple tests we decided it was ignition related as the spark seemed very weak. I replaced the dizzy cap, rotor arm and ignition coil as leads all seemed OK and the plugs only about a year old. Put her back together, started first time. Now last week we went to start it and it wouldn't fire - similar symptoms. Car would turn over but not ignite. We figured maybe the coil was a duff one (Euro's finest) so swapped it under warranty, inspected everything and all looked well, spark was strong but STILL not starting. Then we realised the fuel pump wasn't priming when turning the ignition on. We investigated further, checked fuses etc and the fuel cut-off switch hidden behind the dash. Everything seemed to be in order. At least we confirmed the ignition was not at fault and it was a lack of fuel causing the issue. We got to the point of removing the cover form the fuel pump to test some voltages - we had voltage on the connector but not at the top of the pump. Just about to order a new fuel pump when I thought "lets just try the spare key" and lo and behold we started first time! Car has been running fine all week until today - we now seem to have the same issue. Fuel pump is not priming upon ignition "on" and as such not starting. I have a new pump on order but wondered if anyone else had any suggestions!? I don't really want to have to remove the pump if i can avoid it! Any help graciously received.

Having looked at your plans... i'd honestly say just buy a rough VTi and use this for parts. It WILL be cheaper and a lot less hassle! Still nice to be keen - best of luck

Thanks chap -I certainly hope so! Once its on the exterior is done bar some wind deflectors, give my bank balance a chance to recover too!

Brakes on! Handbrake is seemingly knackered on one side so looks like its's going to be a new caliper in the not too distant future. Honda rear calipers are truely awful, all 6 of my Civic's have suffered the same fate! Still got the fronts to do and some caliper paint to apply but that can wait for another day. Been a busy weekend! Rear ARB droplinks arrived so I just need to get round to refurbing and fitting that, then the VTI-S kit is next on the to do list (just need to find someone who will paint them for beer money! )

And finally a package arrived this morning... could be more updates on the cards soon

So a little update! As you may have read elsewhere I had an exhaust fail in true Honda style and snap behind the backbox. The boggo system is rubbish anyway and pattern parts are usually made of chocolate, so I decided it was time to upgrade. As there are very few "off the shelf" options for the Aerodeck - I decided to visit LongLife in Basingstoke for a stainless custom catback. As the VTi is my baby-chariot both noise and subtlety were an issue. Matt, the chief fitter, was very accommodating and I have to say his works top notch. Very happy and now I have a 2" internal stainless system, mated to the original CAT. I chose 2" over 2.25" primarily for noise reduction but the car still opens up very nicely and the subtle "Spoon" style tip is quite understated to. Anyway, some poor quality pics form the phone will have to do until she's clean again as it's embarrassingly dirty!

Only gone and bit the bullet... Very happy, I highly recommend them!

A Swiss-cheesed OEM box with a K&N filter... strange as the last owner was an old giffer! At some point it will get changed.

Got under the car today - snapped at the back of the box. Common fault, certainly seen it on a few of my other Hondas over the years. Obviously no way to repair so it will be a replacement... looks like i'm just awaiting longlife to quote me (hopefully happy) and will go from there!

so ..... I have got the opportunity to purchase a ukdm dc2 b pipe, my current powerflow is loud, not really loud but can be a bit numbing on the old ear drums on long distances but does sound in vtec!! what i want to know is, is the DC2 b pipe noisy? i'll be keeping my custom Longlife back box which was built to mild sport spec. cheers Interesting - as I am just waiting for Longlife to call me back to confirm prices on a catback and just the backbox. How do you find their build quality? Never been a fan of custom exhausts really - but they seem to have a better reputation than most and Basingstokes only a few miles down the road.

Thanks guys. So the box and connecting pipe are the same, just the rear tip (as in after the box and backwards) towards the rear end is extended? Thats what I got from a quick look, but only got my piddly phone screen to look at atm!