[Camaro1969]

I am having some new troubles with my 2001 Honda Prelude SE. Recently, the steeling wheel has been shaking, when driving between 30 and 100+, (kilometers/hour), the wheel will be shakey and not smooth. I checked PS fluid, its between Min and Max (little more towards MIN than Max).. and i have checked air in both front tires, both at factory suggest PSI. Any ideas?

Another issue i usually have in warm weather, ususally summer and spring, is when i turn the key, and have clutch down to start the car, it will not turn over. I try again after 30 seconds, release clutch, push clutch again and turn key, and sometimes it will start, sometimes it wont. When it doesnt start, i turn the key to ign hot, and wait around 30 seconnds, and then try again, usually it will start up then... any ideas on that?

Thanks!

[IRON MAN]

Hey Vic, Honda's have a few quirks of their own. I suggest visiting www.preludepower.com if you don't get a remedy here at TC.

They have a forum for 5th Gen Prelude owners.

[SPARKY69]

balance your front tires...maybe you slung a weight off?
adjust your clutch pedal start switch at the pedal.

[Camaro1969]

Originally Posted by SPARKY69

balance your front tires...maybe you slung a weight off?
adjust your clutch pedal start switch at the pedal.

Both front tires still have the weight on...

and adjusting my clutch pedal, would that be a seasonal problem? becasue it only happens (more than usual) during the summers and hot weather.. i was thinking it had to do with my fuel lines ?

[SPARKY69]

Originally Posted by Camaro1969

Both front tires still have the weight on...

and adjusting my clutch pedal, would that be a seasonal problem? becasue it only happens (more than usual) during the summers and hot weather.. i was thinking it had to do with my fuel lines ?

you know for sure that your front tires still have the same weights on them when you mounted and balanced your tires? your good, cus im a tech and i wouldnt even know that on my own car?..balance your front tires its cheap and easy to do and will probally fix your first problem..make sure your air pressure is set at 32-psi and you also might have a bent rim. but you will know this when you balance your tires, so there is alot of benefits to rebalancing your tires!
second issue you have a metal pedal and a plastic switch..hence tempetures inside your car have a expand and contracting rate with warmer tempetures that will effect the adjustment of the clutch pedal switch..
these are 2 things i would address 1st if you rolled into my shop..you could have bent cv axles on the front and so on..but rule out the balance and bent rim issue first..just a thought

[2x1968muscle]

go to tire shop...
sounds like you have a tread seperation starting.
(tread de-laminates from the casing)
Tire might "look" fine, but drives like you describe.

[SPARKY69]

does your car crank (turn over) but wont fire? is that what you mean?
how many miles on your car?
when was the last time you had a fuel filter on your car?
fuel pump might be weak upon intial start (prime)..
run a feul injection cleaner threw your intake..
clean out your throttle body..
add a fuel injection cleaner to the tank..

[ss27]

VIC I cant add any more to the vibration issue thats all been covered, but the time delay starting sounds like the VATS system does your key have a chip in it a factory alarm may have a delay built in. Check this out. ALEX

[Camaro1969]

hey thanks guys, i will take it by the shop tomorrow near my work.

and definitely address all the issues you've stated.

Bill: the car does not crack when i have the clutch down and turn the key, and its been a while since i change the fuel filter and have not added any cleaning additive.. i have about 160k KM on it.

Alex: No chip on the key, does have factory alarm, and the delay in starting only happens in warmer weather.

[SPARKY69]

Good deal ..keep us posted!

[novaderrik]

i once had a weird steering wheel vibration that i couldn't track down on a 94 Chrysler LHS- the car rode smooth and you could only feel any shaking in the steering wheel at speeds of up to 80mph on the interstate. both front tires looked perfect and both wheels were straight, and i drove it for about a month with the weird vibration figuring that i'd take it in and get the tires balanced if it got any worse... one day, i was under the rear of the car for some reason and noticed that the right rear tire had a rather large bulge where the tread met the inner sidewall. got new tires on the rear, and my shaky steering wheel problem went away.

[400bird]

I agree with sparky, take the car to a tire shop and get them balanced, if separated, they should find it.

If the car will not crank, nothing to do with fuel is going to cause the problem. A likely cause is the clutch safety switch. Check to see if the floor mat is bunched up under the pedal, or try taking it out. Or just adjust it.