maser1198

So just bought my 96 acura TL , the 2.5 5 cylinder used for a fairly good price at the beginning of this year , it ran fine when I purchased it but after about a month or two i started to have trouble when starting the car . I would have to mess with the ignition cable the one that runs from the ignition coil to the distributor cap and kind of move it around while simultaneously having someone turn the key in order for the car to start . I just replaced the whole distributor cap and distributor motor and the ignition coil as well as new spark plugs . For the moment that seemed to fix the problem untill the next day when I stopped to put gas and when I tried to turn the car back on it wouldn't turn over , I waited a couple min then tried it again , but this time while pumping the gas pedal, this seemed to make the engine kick over and now this is my problem . My car will not turn on consistently without me pumping the gas , so it it possible that my fuel pump or a fuel line or fuel injector might be the problem? Please any advice or information would be super helpful - Sam

ttshar

If you pump the gas for steady on the TL. I think that the problem is the IACV. Why? because the car not idling and you need to pump the gas (enter air) to keep on the car. If you put the AC on, the problem is worse for sure... Check it!

maser1198

Just saw this I'm going to check that out forsure , I also just recently replaced the positive battery terminal connector because it looked pretty beat up and as a result I thought I possibly wasn't getting enough power to produce enough Spark this also only helped the problem momentarily, so I'm going to check out what you said and I'll get back to you thanks ! -sam