sloweh3

ok, i was driving home last night on the interstate, and my car all of a sudden, pretty much died. the tach dropped down to 0. in any gear, i hit the gas, and it just sounds like a really low rev limiter, and won't rev up at all. there was no power at all. i pulled off the side of the road and shut the car off. i tried to start it back up, but it keeps cranking. i'm thinking the distributor went out, but i'm not 100% sure. i haven't had a chance to check out anything yet, since it was around midnight last night that it happened. i was going to order a new dizzy, but i wanted to make sure that was the problem.

hatchback freek

mine did that after the swap, it eved up to 4,000 rpm, it was my top dead positioning sensor, so it might be the distrbutor.

ek-g6

Check main relay anyways, and if its your dizzy probably the ignition coil went out .

sloweh3

ok, i'll check the relays. i have an obd2 distributor that i'm gonna use for parts in mine tonight, so hopefully it'll be running later on tonight

pimpinblackcivic

sounds like the coil has gone

sloweh3

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yea, that's what i was thinking last night. i'm gonna rebuild that distributor tonight and hopefully it'll fix the problem

sloweh3

well, replaced the distributor last night, still doing the same thing. the fuel pump isn't clicking on though when i turn the key to the on position. i'm gonna replace the pump tomorrow and see what happens

joehonda1129

i say check your ecu before changing the fuel pump GL

sloweh3

yea, i changed out the ecu last night after i changed the distributor, still the same results

Dasfinc

Check your grounds before you go buying a million things you may not need.

ltrkstr2k

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i spent about 300 bucks and spend about a month chasing a problem with my car. it ended up being a loose wire.

rivaladore

please check the main relay before you go buy a new fuel pump

eskimo10

Could possibly be the alternator. I know when my car died on me like that it was the alternator, I drove it out and coming home my power started to die and I basically had to coast on hopes and prayers into a walmart parking lot to get a jump and prayers to get home

sloweh3

the main relay is fine. never got to installing the fuel pump. i overlooked the ecu fuse. it was blown but i did put a new one in. i was able to drive it probably about 50 feet, then it blew again. put another one in, it blew instantly. tried 2 dif. ecus as well with new fuses, same thing. now i'm trying to figure out what is shorting it out

sloweh3

well turns out, the extended o2 sensor wire was laying on the header, shorting out the ecu fuse

pimpinblackcivic

haha that would do it, least you got it sorted dude

spray_bombed

check the plug wires

PinoyDelSol

spark plugs?

sloweh3

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lol yea. it also helps working on it during the daylight instead of trying to mess with it at night after i get out of work

tkewtn

Had the same problem, check the connections on the alternator.

sloweh3