Engine dies between short trips, why?

stillkicking_180240
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 03:18:56 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

Thank you for taking a look at my question.

Some background on the car. My uncle gave me his 99’ Honda Accord 4 door v6. He was in charge of tank maintenance in Vietnam so he always talks about preventative maintenance and took impeccable care of the car. He gifted it to me with 144k miles and it runs fantastic. I have noticed one sporadic issue however and I will describe it and would appreciate your thoughts.

I have noticed that from time to time I will start the car and it will sputter a bit and then die, if i don’t give it gas quickly. This only seems to happen in between short trips though. If I drive the car and then turn it off for a short period of time and start it up again this happens. It has never happened after the car has sat for hours. This doesn’t happen all the time but it’s happened maybe 5 times.

Does this sound like maybe spark plugs or perhaps fuel injectors need service? Thanks!

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