ex_ricer

so lets start with what exactly happened.

So my mom was driving her 2000 honda civic and all of a sudden based on her account "i was just driving normally. then the engine just got cut off and when i tried turning it on it just cranks and cranks but never turns on."

So I went to the car, and i turned the key, and all I hear is the cranking noise like its trying to start, but it never does.

I did a timing test and its showing that I have no sparks at all in all 4 cylinders.

I changed the cap, rotor, spark plugs, spark plug wires, ignition coil, and the whole distributor. still no spark.

I can hear the fuel pump priming, and I can smell the fuel in the engine bay while im trying to start it. So the fuel pump is working fine.

Im lost, any ideas?

*I checked all the fuses, everythings good.

slvrcvc93

Only time Ive ever seen something like this was a bad ECU but I dont have a EK so Im not sure on the list of things you should check first.

davefromPA

i had this problem and it was a bad ecu. the ecu was not sending the signal to the icm to fire. grab another ecu and plug it in. see if that fixes it. maybe a friends ecu. does not have to be the right one just needs to work.

fmrprojects

bad ignitor. take out the wire and ground it and start it se if it fires

HitF8

Any CEL's?

SinsEvil666

Grab a tester and start testing the wires before the ignitor...if u dont have spark before ignitor then check the ecu...if u do have spart before and after ignitor. Also try taking of the dizzy cap and have someone crank it while u look at the rotor to make sure it turns while cranking....if not...i would check your timing belt. thought i dont know exactly what timing test is...so maybe u already checked....