Unseen Racer

I was driving tonight and this guy wanted to race, so we both took off from a stop sign and when i floored my gas it took off normal but then my engine slightly jerked and died on me!
its a 96 civic ex with a d16y8 engine, stock other than DC headers, short ram intake and exhaust.
i checked the oil, anti-freeze, the belts, spark plugs and they were all good.
I rolled my car next to a curve so i can try to fix it but no luck. 3 hours later a tow truck came and took my baby home.

i really dont know what the problem can be. im THINKING maybe the fuel pump but im not 100%sure.

PLEASE H-T! HELP ME!

Unseen Racer

i also checked the battery and that was not it.

andoxviii

iTrader: (1)

Keep that **** on the track.

91blackEF

check and make sure none of your grounds pulled or ne thing that happened to me in my ef when i launched and the motor jerked back (bad motor mounts ) i guess the main ground wasent long enought and it cause it to jerk then shut off but i re connected it and never had a problem with it

tx_ej8_49

The wires on the coil, in your distributor, could have come lose also. Check that out, make sure they are the conections are on and tight.

Unseen Racer

what grounds should i check 91blackef?

i checked all the spark plug wires and i even pulled them out and connected them again one by one to make sure they were tight but still nada.

Unseen Racer

where is the main ground at????

trustdestruction

check the timing belt
maybe it slipped or snapped

Unseen Racer

oh yea huh?!?!
maybe it did slip. but this would have been the 1st time in many take offs that it did it.
why now????
well bound to happen sooner or later.

and guys, its not the dizzy or any grounds. im leaning more towards the timing belt.

trustdestruction

Well in the high RPMs (which I assume you were in because you were flooring it), an old belt is more prone to slipping or snapping. How old is the belt?

Unseen Racer

OMG! it was in a hgh RPM when it happened!
it was at about 5500 RPM when all of a sudden the engine died and jerked a little

trustdestruction

how old is the belt?

Unseen Racer

well my dad bought the car for me about a year ago. and i havent changed the belt EVEN THOUGH i knew i should have. (HATE being lazy) so i do not know exactly how old the belt is.

trustdestruction

How many miles are on the car then? If you don't know if it was ever changed you have to assume it hasn't been.

Take off the valve cover and look underneath the upper timing cover to see if the belt has snapped. If it hasn't snapped, set the cam to top dead center and see if the pulley is at top dead center. If you can't get both of them at TDC at the same time, the belt most likely slipped. If it slipped it must have slipped a lot, because slipping one tooth would not cause the car to not run.

r33dm0n3y

you sound like an idiot. just my first impression. take your car to a professional, i bet they can tell you the problem. then you pay out the *** and learn a lesson. honestly i'm glad your **** broke. DON'T race on the street, it gives responsible civic owners like me a bad name.

Unseen Racer

ok. will check the timing on that right now. but can you clerify some stuff for me.

how do i set the cam back to dead center?
and not to sound like an idiot(which i am) which ones are the pulleys?

(hey im here to learn. and learn i will)

trustdestruction

The pulley is the big round disc sticking out of the driver's side of the block, that all the drive belts are on.

To set the cam to TDC you take out the spark plugs and turn the crank pulley using its bolt and a socket wrench until the UP mark on the side of the cam gear is straight up and the two lines on the cam gear are aligned with the top of the head. To do this you will need to remove the valve cover and upper timing belt cover.

I don't know how to check to see if the crank pulley is at TDC. The only way I know how to check that is by taking the pulley off and using the marks on the oil pump and block. You'll have to ask someone else about that, because i'm sure that you aren't getting that crank pulley off without a really powerful impact wrench or a breaker bar and pulley holder tool.

First make sure the timing belt is even intact.

Unseen Racer

thanks man!

now what blows is that i have a VERY VERY small tool set. so i dont think ill be able to do it without some help from some1 that has a bigger set of tools.

Unseen Racer

how do i turn the "crank pulley"

trustdestruction

Unseen Racer

what is the socket size for the blot?

trustdestruction

17mm I believe... you can't just go look?

91blackEF

i have 2 on my honda one that comes off the valve cover and one that comes off the tranny but the one im talking about in this instance is the one that comes from the valve cover and hooks somewhere by your radiator

Unseen Racer

well the timing belt check out. its good.

i checked the ignition coil and its bad.
going to autozone to buy a new one

trustdestruction

alright, looks like you found the problem