Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start?
 

Hello everyone! I Need Help! Can a loose intake manifold cause my car not to start? Im waiting for the rest of my bolts from honda to arrive but in the mean time i have tried to start my car in the mean time but it doesn't start. I have fuel and Spark. Any suggestions? Thanks!! https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (CSHornet60)
 

it cranks?

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (mafia)
 

Yep it cranks. Could there be a lose of air flow that causes the engine to not start?

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (CSHornet60)
 

I dono, i had something like that on a 94 integra, and idle was at 4k Rpms.. (it had all nuts on, but some were loose.) But it started. Any gas leak from I/M?

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (mafia)
 

Got any ground wires going to the IM bolts? Normally you shouldn't.

Got any other loose bolts like on your thermostat housing where your engine harness ground is located?

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (sql_civic)
 

a loose intake manifold should not cause you not to start, your idle is going to be off and may even jump up and down.

like sql_civic said, check to make sure that your grounds are connected. check to see if you have spark and fuel (turn the motor over w/o the spark plugs in to see if you see a mist of fuel coming out from the spark plug holes). then start looking for blown fuses.

why are you waiting on honda for bolts?
you do realize that honda doesn't make some sort of super bolt that no one has reverse engineered dont you?

Re: Need Help! Can loose intake manifold cause car not to start? (medside)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by medside &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a loose intake manifold should not cause you not to start, your idle is going to be off and may even jump up and down. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ya it will sound like your IACV.