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Old 03-23-2011, 08:27 AM
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Well...finally got my power restored and my gas mileage back to normal on my 93 accord after cleaning out the EGR ports. I was heading to work this morning on the highway and my car shuts off going about 60. I was dreading the thought but the only thing I can come up with is my timing belt. Any thoughts on this one cause I really would hate to scrap my baby but I don't think putting in a used engine would be very practical when the car has over 307,000.

Any thoughts or suggestions :")?

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Old 03-23-2011, 11:20 AM
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If the timing belt broke, it would sound very different when cranking the starter.

Measure your compression - if the timing belt broke, your compression wouldn't be very good.
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 12:00 PM
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I don't know if this makes a difference or not..but my power steering shut off as well. I mean unlikely but alternator or fuel pump could be culprit?
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:41 PM
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There's no carburators in 1993, correct???

Power steering is on its own belt. Alternator & AC compressor share the other belt. Fuel pump isn't on any belt; it's electric inside the fuel tank.

Losing the alternator belt shouldn't stall the engine.
 
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Old 03-24-2011, 10:40 AM
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well...it started right back up after I was about to go have it towed last night. Drove it about 50 miles around doing errands and still no signs of anything. What would cause that?
 
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Old 03-24-2011, 11:34 AM
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Flaky ignition switch? Can you get it to stall by wiggling the key?

You could check whether the distributor has power during one of it's no-start episodes.
 
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