I posted two questions asking for more explanation than I could find about the failure of the Main Relay to see if that might be the problem with my son's 2001 CL Type S. All of the original indications pointed in that direction. It died on a hot day, restarted about a half hour later, died again at his house and then simply would not start. We listened for clicking relays under the dash, we listened for the sound of the fuel pump working and I spent a very good bit of time under the dash looking at the 10 different places various people (internet searches) had indicated the Relay might be located, with no success. We finally gave up and loaded the car up on my trailer and hauled it off to my mechanic.
My mechanic is named Darrell and he has worked on at least 100-times more tractors than he has Acuras. His code reader proved more or less worthless because it appears that Acura saw fit to use some number of proprietary codes that common readers will not reveal. None the less it, the reader, did indicate that a transmission relay is failing and that the up-stream oxygen sensor had failed as well. Both were replaced of course (my son and I took care of them) but that did nothing to get the car to start. Darrell started tracking things down Old-School-style and after about two hours found the problem. Once located it was an easy enough fix and not horribly expensive. Now the car is running just fine again. On the upside Darrell also noted that the car has a failing front wheel bearing that we (he) will be dealing with next week.
So I just wanted to thank those of you who replied to my other questions for your time and trouble. It was appreciated.
My mechanic is named Darrell and he has worked on at least 100-times more tractors than he has Acuras. His code reader proved more or less worthless because it appears that Acura saw fit to use some number of proprietary codes that common readers will not reveal. None the less it, the reader, did indicate that a transmission relay is failing and that the up-stream oxygen sensor had failed as well. Both were replaced of course (my son and I took care of them) but that did nothing to get the car to start. Darrell started tracking things down Old-School-style and after about two hours found the problem. Once located it was an easy enough fix and not horribly expensive. Now the car is running just fine again. On the upside Darrell also noted that the car has a failing front wheel bearing that we (he) will be dealing with next week.
So I just wanted to thank those of you who replied to my other questions for your time and trouble. It was appreciated.