No start after stalling engine. distributor and rotor replaced 1/2 hr prior
11-11-2011, 07:36 PM
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No start after stalling engine. distributor and rotor replaced 1/2 hr prior
OK. Wtf?
95 civic coupe: installed a new distributor cap and rotor after work and drove around town to run arrands. As I was looking for an address on a building I stalled the car. Went to restart it and nothing. Cranks over and over.
Because the car just stalled (clutch dump) I instinctively tried restarting it. Then I thought oh god timing belt! If so it's too late now, so as part of the roadside troubleshooting I looked inside the oil filler cap and can see the rockers moving as the eng7ine turns.
But the main thing is I got no spark. Pulled the plug wire and stuck a Phillips in the boot and grounded it.
Is there something cap and rotor related that could cause this? I literally changed it 1/5 hr before the car died.
I replaced the timing belt less than 2k miles ago. Car ran wonderful all up until I stalled it. Now it won't start.
95 civic coupe: installed a new distributor cap and rotor after work and drove around town to run arrands. As I was looking for an address on a building I stalled the car. Went to restart it and nothing. Cranks over and over.
Because the car just stalled (clutch dump) I instinctively tried restarting it. Then I thought oh god timing belt! If so it's too late now, so as part of the roadside troubleshooting I looked inside the oil filler cap and can see the rockers moving as the eng7ine turns.
But the main thing is I got no spark. Pulled the plug wire and stuck a Phillips in the boot and grounded it.
Is there something cap and rotor related that could cause this? I literally changed it 1/5 hr before the car died.
I replaced the timing belt less than 2k miles ago. Car ran wonderful all up until I stalled it. Now it won't start.
11-12-2011, 12:43 AM
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Re: No start after stalling engine. distributor and rotor replaced 1/2 hr prior
check to make sure the screw that holds the rotor didn't fall out. happened to me 1 time and the screw fell to the back and damage the distributor.
11-12-2011, 07:33 AM
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Re: No start after stalling engine. distributor and rotor replaced 1/2 hr prior
Nope. That was the first thing I checked. Rotor is fine, screw is where it's supposed to be.
11-12-2011, 07:47 AM
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Re: No start after stalling engine. distributor and rotor replaced 1/2 hr prior
If you still have the old cap and rotor try them, sometimes the button sticks in the cap. Other than that check the coil and igniter.
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