Hi guys ,first time here and probably not the last and I am looking forward to any help or input from some Acura techs out there who may have come across this.
Information :98 Rl
2.5 5 cyl
The car has an intermitant starting problem.It doesnt seem to make a difference if its hot or cold.The owner is 79 she says she can goto a friends house and it wont start 10 minutes later.She lets the car sit for half hour fires up.I get the car to the shop it took 3 days for the car not to be able to start .I got as far as finding out that its flooded to death ,I pull the plugs ,blow them off ,throw them back in and the car fires ,does not run like it ever had a problem at all which is strange considering how flooded it was.Then more work came in and I was pulled off the job.Car continued to run all day no problems ,started on and off 30 time throughout the day.Next morning it did not start.I have tons of spark,we know we have fuel.I m using the tablet tester to check to see if possible coolant sensor baffed or if im getting a crank signal ,Going by specs I cant see anything and the tablet tester is not even flagging a problem.Has not had a code once.There is only one thing that is throwing me off and that the calculated load during crank when it doesnt fire is at 90% which to me seems high but there isnt a spec to go by considering the only thing that would know what calculated load is the ecm from crunching data from the sensors.Every thing is there to make this car fire but it does not plugs get soaked but then after 20 minutes will fire up and may be 3 to 4 days before it will do it again.My only guesses at this time is the ecm is having some breakdown at times or on the times it does not start spark vanishes for the first 2 to 3 revolutions of the motor and by the time it firs the plugs are soaked ,any help would be great
thanks
badrotty