Just put a used 2.2 motor in my 97 Honda Accord DX. Everything seems to be working right but it stals randomly.

Here's what I did to it before installing:

• New timing belt
• new water pump
• seals

After I installed the motor, I found out I need to change the Oxygen sensor and the speed sensor. I have not done that yet but will within 2 weeks.

It stalled randomly each day when I drove it down the road. So I:

• Put a new battery in it
• installed a used distrubiter

After doing that it would stall once every 4-5 days. It's been one week since I did that. I have not changed the cap, roter, plugs or wires.

When it stalls, it just dies, like someone shuts off the key. When I try to restart it, I turn the key, it starts and dies within 1 second. I have to do that process 4-8 times and then it starts and runs for several days.

So, any ideas?

 

These are kind of know to have bad key switches. Keep a volt meter in the car, next time this happens, key on/position II (like you were driving down the road) check for 12v on the black/yellow wire going into the distributor.