92 Honda Civic

Does it cut off only after the car has been driven, say, for 20 minutes?

Any revving (up or down of the engine RPM when at stoplights?

First blush guess is the distributor coil is dying. How old is the one in your car?

Also, when was the last time you had the following changed:

fuel filter air filter spark plugs distributor cap distributor rotor spark plug wires distributor ignitor (not a manual-specified routine maintenance item, but probably should be)

"Danielle S via CarKB.com" wrote

No it just won't stay started some times. I have had everything changed except the fuel filter. What scares me the most is I never know when it is going to cut off while I am driving.

I would change the fuel filter first. It's due every 60k miles or 4 years, whichever comes first, anyway. It's not an expensive maintenance item; should cost under $75 total even at the dealer, I figure. If you're handy, you could do it yourself.

Again, though, how old (in miles and years) is the distributor coil?

Do you know how to use a voltmeter (ohmmeter, etc.)?

"Danielle S via CarKB.com" wrote

Does it start right up after you stall out? When it does start does it smell like gas? Does the car buck and hesitate when it stalls or does it just stall without any warning what so ever?

It could be any of the things already mentioned. You may want to run some injector cleaner (a gas additive) through a full tank of good gas.

Also check all the connections to the distributor in that they should be properly seated.

Remco

Just one more thought: when it stalls, does the radio cut out? Do the idiot lights on the dash come on? (asking to see if perhaps the ignition switch is bad)

Remco

"Danielle S via CarKB.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@CarKB.com:

Your symptoms point to a failing igniter. This could account for the strong fuel smell as well, since raw gas will get dumped out the tailpipe.

What, SPECIFICALLY, item by item, has been done to this car in the last year or so? The word "everything" tells us nothing.

As an owner of a 2004 civic what is an igniter and where is it located? Bob

"RJ" wrote in news:NzKVe.39937$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

Probably on top of the spark plugs, along with the coils.

I don't think you have a distributor.

"RJ" wrote in news:NzKVe.39937$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

Thank you for your reply. I had to replace my fuel pump.

Thank you for your reply. I had to replace the fuel pump.

Thank you for your reply. I had to replace the fuel pump.

Thank you for your reply. I had to replace the fuel pump.

"Danielle S via CarKB.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@CarKB.com:

So if I understand you correctly, nothing at all has been done to this car within the last year but the replacement of the fuel pump, and now you have this stalling problem?