98 Honda Accord Problem. What is wrong with my car?

I just bought a 98 Honda accord a couple of months ago. It is a 4 cylinder. When I test drove it it was fine. But about 20 miles later the car started losing power. When I accelerate it takes a very long time to get up to speed. When I'm sitting at a stop sign or a light the car idles very low. Sometimes when I'm sitting at a light or stop sign the car will just die out of nowhere. It starts back up fine no problems with that. What can cause my car to not accelerate like it should and die randomly? I don't know what is wrong with it. A couple people that I talk too said I need to replace the distributor. Does that sound about right? Someone please help me.

I assume it's an A/T based on your description of the problem. It could be the distributor, the ignition switch, the fuel pump is on the way south, the transmission, the EGR valve or fault in the ignition system.

You've bought the vehicle so get an estimate of repair and re-post the question or update with the
information. If you're going to do the repair yourself then get the code(s) read out at least we can have something to work with. HTH.

Edit: Are you mechanically inclined? Send me a message and I can help all of the way. HTH

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