lickety_britches

i took a high speed to my headlights and got compound on my engine, went to spray the engine off and then the car got a bad miss, so i figured i just got some water in the distributor cap or something. i replace the rotor button and cap with AAP parts, and the car would not even start. so i swapped the old cap back and still nothing, so i figured it was the rotor button. i took it back to aap, and got a new one straight from acura, and still nothing. it just doesnt make sense. if the problem wasnt the rotor button, the car should still at least start because it ran before with the old button. any ideas? any help is much appreciated.

Jimmy

iTrader: (5)

I always cover my distributor up anytime I clean my engine bay.

I would start with checking the ignition coil and then the ignitor.

Check the [faq] thread there is detailed info.

fcm

Have you pulled the spark plug leads and blown [compressed air] the water out of the spark plug "wells".94

jdm_bones

iTrader: (5)

Water conducts electricity my friend, who knows what blew, but yes as posted above make sure everything is dry. Try another dizzy, I think the ignitor took a dump.

teg_racer

+2 on the coil. plug in a diff dizzy if it runs try a coil, mine did the same yesterday, now its running

redflaredcrx90

change dizzy

lickety_britches

yeah that makes sense but i dont see why it was running before i changed the rotor button. BUT i will just get a new distributor. the car has 215k miles on it, rebuilt motor but the guy that had it before me was little questionable so he probably didnt swap it out.