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Old 03-15-2007, 01:45 PM
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It turns over just fine but it doesn't start. I checked all the fuses and checked to see if I was getting spark to each cylinder and I do but it doesn't start. I checked to see if the timing belt was broken but it isn't and it is off timing by just a few teeths. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? PLEASE HELP!
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anyone?
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its off by about how many theeth?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ ITO &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> it is off timing by just a few teeths</TD></TR></TABLE>


that could be ur problem
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about 4-6 yeah that's what I was thinking the problem would be but ill put it on correct timing tommorow and hopefully not be on here saying that my car doesn't start
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i'm about to start but does anyone have anymore suggestions
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is it getting fuel ?
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fix the timing. Change the plugs
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yeah it's getting fuel and perfect spark
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then def. get timing fixed
Old 03-16-2007, 09:49 AM
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hopw it wasnt off my too many teeth and bend the valves...
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Ive got a simular problem, my car wont start like now and then...i just had my timming done again and its running real good. cept last nite i parked it for like? maybe 3 hours and it wouldnt start, it fires. and almost turns over? i have no idea, what else it could be? fuses? which ones to check??? under the hood and in the dash?..i can hear my fuel pump...so its not that..
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do you guys have an aftermarket alarm????

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is this a new swap?? did it just stop working???
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no alarm, i put a new head on. mini me..no wired v tec though yet..
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no no alarm and no new swap it's the stock motor d16z6
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coil??? ECU???
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already tested that ima put it in timing tommorow, I was supposed to today but it's raining outside
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mm...thinkin
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well D15. with sohc head..no vtec wired yet. with the d16 ecu, new plugs wires cap rotor alt. batery..timmings done,..runs good when it starts. it will start fine, the somtimes it just wants to turn over, but wont..everything seem like its working..i thaught maybe a fuel line? or somthing got pinched when the head went on, what are the fuses i could check? could that be?
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well the car still won't start, any suggestions? Please help
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U prob bent some valves when it jumped timing...if you have eliminated everything else, You mite want to start yanking that head off.
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well I thought the timing was off but it wasn't for some odd reason it was marking that it was off timing when the crank pulley was on there but when I put it on exact TDC it was marking that the timing was perfect, so it wasn't the timing, I took off the alternator and checked it but it was good, checked all the fuses and good, spark, fuel, everything good, i'm runinng out of things to try, any suggestions? Please help, oh and I did a compresion check and even that was marking good
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spark plugs.
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this may sound dumb, but how old is the gas? my accord sat for a few months and i had to put fresh gas in to get it to start.


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