iNetForce

93 dx not starting, need help asap!


Guys I'm going to write down details about what happened to me.

Car sometimes was idling bad at stop, sometimes it would shut uff and wont start until you wait a couple of seconds and then it starts, today it died on the way home and didnt start anymore, got it to my house, I was getting a little bit of spark to the spark plugs, opened the distributor and I saw the rotor was missing the screw, screw was lose inside the distributor, BINGO! Well, I went to autozone with a friend who has a life time warranty on a distributor he bought for this 95 civic ex, we got the same distributor for my car, and the rotor too on autozone, car wont start up after all, I'm planning on changing the distributor cap and see what happens.

- Could the 95 civic ex distributor be causing the car not to start up now? Maybe they are not compatible.

- Maybe the new rotor is incompatible
- Maybe the problems want the distrubotor besides what I found ( the screw lose )

Need help guys, this car needs to be up and running tomorrow first time.

greddydelsol

Backtrace? Any spark? Power properly hooked up to the new dist? wiring getting power (sometimes old wires melt/burn thru.. especially if uve added a blaster coil or something)? General suggestions, im no expert.

=GAME=

try switching out the ignitors.

iNetForce

whats the ignitior?

car is mint, it doesnt even have an intake, its my daily driver, everything is stock, would this 95 ex be the problem?

wiring is fine, what do u mean by tracing the spark, give me more details.

GSR-Civic

put gas

JSPECEX

he means se if you are getting a spark with the new rotor. if you were getting spark before it wouldn't stop gettting spark becuase you only changed the rotor. so if you have spark then you have to look on to the fuel system. that is where i think your problem is. if you can see what the fuel pressure is. if not then just crank it a few times and then take a spark plug out right after and smell them they should be alittle wet and smelling like gas alot. so if you have fuel and spark get back to me. it could be a sensor, but i don't hink so. oh yeah any check engine lights

iNetForce

no check engines lights, as i said the screw that holds the rotor to the distributor itself was lose inside the distributor, it broke a couple of things there, I got this brand new 95 ex distributor and rotor, and nothing yet! It must be the cap I guess, How do I check if the rotor cap is not working?

JSPECEX

like i said make sure you aren't getting spark from the plugs right now, if you aren't look in to a cap rotor or ignitor. all the wires still intacked inside. get back to me if no spark

JSPECEX

the distrubtor shouldn't make a difference from year to year

iNetForce

remember my car is a 93DX 1.5 the distributor and rotor i got is from a 95 EX 1.6

JSPECEX

yeah i know i have a lsvtec with a ls ignitor b16 distributor it is all mixed and match i am prety sure you won't have a prob. are you not getting spark or are you, do you know how to check for it

iNetForce

I got one of the spark plug wires out and put in a screw driver, turn ignition and im getting no spark. That how i tested it, any ideas?

JSPECEX

do you have a hand book becuase i am at work but if you do test the iginiton coil for power, also try puting your old distibutor with the new rotor. i had the same prob and it was my ignitor

iNetForce

I gave my old distributor to autozone, CORE

JSPECEX

ouch well try seeing ifthe part numbers are the same online, altough you think they wouldn't warrenty it if it wasn't the same part number

iNetForce

got it to start! YEAH! I went for the right distributor, rotor and cap are the same.

Car started right up, but now it is indling like ****!!!!!!!! I think im off by a tooth.

any ideas?

It idles kind of fine, press the gas pedal and it rpms start going up really slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, timing for sure, I just want to make sure.

iNetForce

how do i line up pulley and cam gear?
any how to do timing on this engine? d15b7, 93 civic coupe dx

BatuKing

You put on a EX dizzy on a DX motor. hmm theres your problem they are not compatable. infact how did you make it fit? the #1 cyl is off.. so your gonna either have a bad idle or no start conditions.


I know because I did this when I tried to see if my dizzy on my D16Z6 went bad and it didnt even come close to fitting where it should on the D15