car hard to start and shuts off when i try to drive it. Main relay ????

jdmJAH

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sup i have a 92 civic hatch with a gsr swap . before i swapped the car . my car would sometimes take a while to start and for the fuel pump to click . which i thought was my main relay is going . now after i put the gsr in . My car starts sometimes and shuts off when i try to take off in first or revers . can this be the Main relay is completely gone now ? I also put a new walbro 255 fuel pump with the filter in it .
 

jameswanser

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possible. try bypassing the relay, see if pump still energizes. I had an issue that I thought was the relay, then the fuel pump. ultimately turned out to be the ECU. If sometimes energizes and sometimes doesn't then would start with the relay as you suggested
 


mymmeryloss

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^ it almost sounds like an ecu issue but if you just did a swap you shouldve changed the ecu.

Test the relay and also check all your grounds and such.
 

jameswanser

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^ what he said. possible loose ground as well.
 


hwyix

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A relay is so cheap I would just change it first.

If a light goes out in your house what do you do? I would just change the light bulb 1st=) Yeah, if that does not fix it, I would look into the fuse box, wiring, etc...


Relay can also be tempermental with heat.
 


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