I drove my 92 honda accord to the store then put gas in it, on the way home it just completely died while drivin i stopped then tried to restart it and its turning but wont start the engine its like a nnnnnnnn sound and the battery is new. what is wrong?
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put the car in park. then restart the car. this happened to me in the middle of an intersection. you should be okay driving home, then take it to a honda dealer. i didnt have to get a new car, and it is fine now. i dont think any repairs were needed...
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There are two likely possibilities: 1) The gas you bought was heavily contaminated (water or diesel fuel are the common culprits). 2) Your fuel pump relay happened to fail during this trip. Hondas are noted for having this problem. When the relay fails, no electricity gets to the fuel pump. This doesn't affect the starter motor, so the car will 'turn over', but with no fuel being pumped the engine will never start. There are other things that could have failed (igniter, crankshaft position sensor, the fuel pump itself, etc.) but I'd bet $0.05 on the fuel pump relay. Good luck.
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Old School gave you some good ideas. The man who taught me to work on cars always said to never fill your tank while the tanker is filling the station. Putting gas in the stations tanks stirs up sediments in the tanks and keeps it suspended for about thirty minutes after they finish. If you fill your tank during that time, you get a tankful of sediment that can clog your fuel filter and stop gas from getting to the engine. But the other like suspect in a car that old would be that the timing belt/chain broke on the way home and that the timing with filling the tank was coincidental.
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Your other answer missed the obvious and most common failure with a honda above 100k miles although the suggestions are valid and I would check them. CHECK FOR A BROKEN TIMING BELT.
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