# 1991 honda civic

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1991-honda-civic/41079>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [December 21, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1991-honda-civic/41079 "2009-12-21T06:13:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![farah62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@farah62](https://community.cartalk.com/u/farah62)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1991-honda-civic/41079/1 "2009-12-21T06:13:28Z")

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cutting out after 1200 dollars worth of work. replaced head gaskets all top end work, plus new fuel pump and still cutting out after 30 miles of driving.  
  
 any suggestions

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1991-honda-civic/41079/2 "2009-12-21T07:27:55Z")

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Hondas have two prime components which fail this way: the PGM-FI Relay (aka “main fuel/spark” relay), and the distributor. The relay is cheaper.  
Was the fuel filter changed? A dirty fuel filter can drop fuel pressure. Some mechanics will change a fuel pump without changing the fuel filter. Bad move.