Originally Posted by kutty
Summarize:
When starting the car on a hot OR cold day for the first time, it starts fine.
When driving around, starting the car a few times, and then maybe the third or fourth time when the engine is hot from driving around, it won't start.
It drives fine.
It does not stall while driving.
Could it be the PGM main relay?
I say this because a bad relay results in no signal to the fuel pump resulting in no fuel at the injectors. Due to wear and tear, the relay is worn out over the years. As the car is driven throughout the day, the joints start to expand due to heat and the main relay starts to lose contact because the joints are saudered.
What I am going to do as the first step is use fuel injection cleaner.
Again, I am assuming the dealer did replace the PGM-F1 main relay. I took the car in when it had about 99,000 mi. My warranty expired at 100,000 mi. I have a feeling they did not change it.
If the fuel injection cleaner does not work, then I may look into changing the main relay myself. I bought the Chiltons manual.
What is a good resource that I can use (maybe on the internet) to learn about cleaning out EGR ports with pictures.
kutty
I don't understand at all why you're so hung up that it's the main relay. Clean the EGR and see if the problem persists, the total cost is a bottle of carb cleaner and three gaskets.