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My 1989 Honda Prelude will crank but won't start!

This is what I know. I checked for spark, got it; sprayed carb cleanner in the intake hose and the car attempted to start; now I am certain that I am not getting fuel. There are two questions that I have and they are, would there be power at the fuel pump when key is switched to start and secondly if the answer is yes then where is the relay located that controls the fuel pump because I checked back there and I get no power what so ever and I just feel that it is something with that relay or something else in that system.

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Classic ignitor problem, (coil works sometimes, no power to fuel pump, no start, works till it warms up then stalls/wait 10 min. and it goes)

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Check for power with someone cranking the engine if power pump is bad if not look into the main relay also timing belt

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1989 Honda Prelude, passed all smog tests except idles at 1100rpm...what's the problem?
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