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General Tech Help - HELP! Can't find Main Relay in 90 DX Htchbk




ICONOMAT
06-12-2004, 06:02 AM
I felt unusually smart when confronted with a Civic DX that refused to start when hot and I concluded that the Main Relay was likely the culprit--a diagnosis supported in retrospect by the eleven pages of hits one gets by giving Google "1990 Honda Civic Main Relay."

So I bought one, and now I feel unusually stupid because I simply cannot find the relay in the car itself!

I checked the whole area around the fuse block thoroughly and then the surrounding area equally thoroughly. I even looked at great length under the hood, though I would guess that it has to be inside the passenger compartment.

Pride swallowed, I have registered so I can ask: Anybody know where my nice new relay goes?


RO_731
06-14-2004, 03:14 PM
The main relay is located inside the car on the driver's side. Look above to the left of the hood release lever.

Death before Decaf
11-13-2004, 02:46 AM
There are also other relays etc on the BACK of the fuse pannel inside the car by your hood release 9 atleast on my accord i assume its the same on our 91 civics).


Branjam
12-13-2004, 11:44 PM
The relay is stamped "Mitsuba" and is usually brown in color. Says a website I recently viewed:) hope it helps.