Hondaisok

Car recently broke down beside the road and I ended up replacing the fuel pump.

Now I'm not sure if that was the problem was though. I checked the harness under the rear seat before I removed the pump and there was power going to the connector.
After I removed the pump, I checked it with a 9volt battery like someone suggested on this forum and it worked. I put my spare pump in anyway.

When I broke down on the road, I replaced the distributor with a working one I had in my car as a spare and the car still didn't start. Also swapped out the main relay with two spares in my car which I have since tested to know they work fine.

I wasn't getting any gas from the tank to the fuel filter, thats why I suspected the fuel pump (and the plugs were bone dry after cranking the engine over for several minutes).

Once I replaced the fuel pump, I started the car with my spare dist still in and it started fine. I finished up the work and swapped out the distributor with the one that was in there before and it wouldn't start (a little backfire going on cranking over), so I put the spare back in and thats what I'm running now.

Question: Would a bad coil or ignitor tell the fuel pump not to pump fuel? Read more at https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/fuel-pump-replacement-gas-tank-draining-2840299/

Hondaisok

UPDATE: I looked at the dist. that I had originally in the car and found the rotor screw had dislodged (don't know where it went to either). The rotor and screw hole is oblong shaped where it was loosening up for a while.

That would account for it stalling and not starting, but still doesn't explain why there was no fuel at the fuel filter connection. I had loosened the bolt for the fuel line coming from the tank to the filter and cranked the car over, no fuel came out, thats why I suspected the fuel pump was bad.

661rex89si

if your fuel pump isnt priming 9 times out 10 its the main relay.