Hatpin

Im in the process of welding in a new driver side floor due to a rotten floor ,
in my 93 civic si d16z6, well the other day i go to start it (day after i rinsed it)
and once the key is in it it beeps to the key, second tuen my pump should prime and i should see the dash light up, it just makes a click and nothing.

So i was a little stumped, i turned the fog lights on to see if they would go on,
i hear clicking coming from my under hood fuse box (my fog light fuse is in there as well) as i walk around the car to hear where its coming from, im standing right between them, bam they go on...... ok so i walk back and turn them off, try to start the car and it started just fine, so i let it run for 5 minutes and went to bed.

next morning same thing this time once i turned the fogs on the clicking was only short this time then they went on. then it started...


today it starts fine. any ideas? what i should replace or fuses it might be? one is going bad obv... also when i rinsed my car i noticed water drips in my pass side floor, i located it dripping through my blower box (found that a very poor design for water) possibly some wire got a bit damp? and the current dried it up ?

please help

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Moonraker09

have you check if you have verdigris on the negative port of your battery?

Former User

More commonly referred to as corrosion.

Hatpin

its a pretty new red top optima.

the neg terminal term was a bit lose i tightened it up, i don't think that was causing it tho.

and if it were that how would my fog lights change the start both times?

motegicivic

I have a feeling you might be getting water into the right side front fender and in that kick panel is the ECU, civics are known to get water in that area, I would watch how you spray that fender area.

Hatpin

i did notice water dripping from the blower box after i rinsed it, ill definitely watch it next time.

virgineg6

I think theres something in the faq section to get that to stop leaking, not 100% sure though to lazy to check

Moonraker09

Thanks Ron for clarifying my thought. That was me trying to translate a specific word I use in my own language to english using wikipedia i'll remember that

Hatpin

thanks for all the help