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Old 07-08-2004, 01:44 PM
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94 Del Slow swapped b16a3 with b16a
My car is not starting..Has fuel and ignition. I was talking to a technician from Acura and he said that the relays can go bad on most 94 Hondas and Acuras. How can I check to see if the relays are good or bad?

Any help or suggestion would be appreciated

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check the main fuel relay under the dash on the driverside
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did you check all fuses? Is it cranking?
Old 07-08-2004, 09:31 PM
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Yes it cranks...has fuel and spark...but will not start
Old 07-09-2004, 09:41 AM
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My sensor under the VTEC selenoid is broken would that keep it from not starting?

The spark plugs get drintched with fuel..
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Have you checked everythign, sensors, distributor, tbelt, vacumn lines?
Old 07-09-2004, 09:53 AM
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man...ECU works got spark got fuel...I might be getting too much fuel though....but then again it should have combustion I've checked everything....Only thing I don't know how to check is sensors, but the car has no check engine light.

The car injested water so I don't know what sensors it could have damaged...so that might tell you something...
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have you checked the valve lashings? This kept my car from starting after a head swap.
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If its getting fuel then something should be igniting? Are you positive its getting spark.
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I am absolutely positive it's getting ignition and fuel. Does anyone have pics of their vacuum hose on their 94-95 acura integra or b16a? Can it be a bad EGR valve? or bad map sensor

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Ok problems solved guys...thanks


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what was it motor flodded??
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TURBO &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok problems solved guys...thanks


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oookay,
how bout u let peeps know what was wrong and what you did to fix it?
Everyone wants to help out, but it would be nice if you helped out right back by droppin the info.

ppl can learn from it.

congrats though
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it was the distributor. It had a wire that was exposed. Thanks Guys. One thing I learn is that the Hondas are very simple. It's either fuel or spark.
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