eRiCdWoNg

... hey all, a friend called me today to tell me she was stuck on the side of the road. I dont know much about honda car motors but, I went over and poked around. The car would crank, but it would not turn over. Its for the most part been ignored, its got 160K miles or so. Car is a 93 Del Sol.
She told me she was driving and it died WHILE she was moving, so she had to drift off the side the road.

My diagnosis:

1) Yes there was gas in the tank
2) Checked air filter
3) checked spark plugs, they smelt like they had fuel on them but they werent soaked so this told me the car was getting fuel
4) checked the fuses I could, everything seemed ok
5) the battery was not drained so the alternator should still be working
6) I tried the "floor the gas and crank" incase it was flooded, nothing.

Eventually i said F it and told her to get it towed.

I'm thinking it might be the timing belt that snapped, but then again I dont know if it has a belt or a chain. And, if it snapped, it could spell trouble for that motor cause honda's are interference engines? Any other thoughts? Thanks.

Dgr8wun

it could be the timming belt or the distributor just went bad, the coil or the igniter. if you can, pull the distributor out and crank the engine. have someone look at the cam to see if spinning, if it is then the belt is ok.

Psyco609

my car did the exact same thing stalled while i was driving and wouldnt start back up. car had bout same miles on it 150k. mine turned out to be the ignition coil. hope thats it. if it is, its and easy fix.

egg_baLLa

yeah same here, my ignition coil died out on me while i was driving on the freeway. it was msd and i also had a problem with my msd ignition box, but i would figured it'd be the same thing. my ignition just bailed out on me. so i replaced it with a stock coil and ran like a champ. good luck with ur friends car.

Ignitecivic

it happen to my friends car too. it was the dizzy that went bad.

eRiCdWoNg

What is a dizzy?

Also wheres the ignition coil on that car? Is it inside the distributor cap like my 90 camry was?

Pete_SI

To get the coil you have to remove your dizzy cap and then remove there will be a black you have to take that off there coil is right there.

ej1 pilot

how did you get an avatar when youre a trial user?

eRiCdWoNg

Ohhh dizzy = distributor ok.

Got access to GDD too as trial user :-) I'm just that good lol