Civic EG

OK so this has happened a few times in the past but it was basically wasn't much at the time. I turn the car over, it's fires up, but upon imediate release of the key it dies, i go to turn it over again, and it wont fire... let it sit 30 seconds or so, fire it up and it runs fine.

today however, i pulled in to get gas. i was fairly low, but still above the E line. Car was running fine, pull in, pump $10 and then go to fire it up, it fires.... dies upon release of the key. turn it over again, same thing. tried for a good 5 minutes to get it to turn over. it cranks and cranks and cranks. but nothing. after about 5 minutes of this it finally turns over and runs fine...

my imedate thoughts are... Dizzy, or Fuel pump? opinions? thoughts?.... anything?... someone wanna give me a B series?

what do you mean by release of the key? like in the ignition stage or like in the on position?

turn the key to start, then let go and it goes to on. basically what i meant by release the key

do you hear your fuel pump turn on?

Listen for your main relay to click, and the fuel pump to prime. Also check all your battery connections, I chased a similar problem for 6 months before I realized it was a shitty battery connection.

Ignition relay is what jumps in to my mind... Had the same thing with my car a couple of times, then it ran good for a long time, but all of a sudden the problems started again for me...

All's good everyone, it was what i thought it was. The Distributor cap was fucked up pretty bad lol

yea the dizzy can be a bitch sometimes. ive heard that a common problem with them is moisture will get in it and mess everything up so you just take it it off and blow it out with an air compressor. i had to do it once during the winter

oh this was definitely cause by moisture, but the rotor was all corroded, and the connectors were all broken lol

i'd say thats a legitimate problem then. may as well do a full tune up while your at it