1970rs

I am new to the site and glad to be here. I will try to keep this short. I have had this 89 civic for many years. My brother drove it and had the head gasket replaced. After this it always smoked alot.This was about 5 years ago so it has been sitting. I found a 90 model donor car with a bad tranny and decided to buy it and use the engine for the 89 to drive back and forth to work. Ok enough of the history.
I swapped the engines( both 1.5L's) while I was at it I replaced the timing belt, clutch, and fuel pump (because the gas was very old). I have worked on these mant times so I am confident the belt is times correctly. Checked it twice to make sure. Went to start the car and it would not start. Would try to but never would. By the way my brother said it did this after he tried to get it running a year or so after he parked it. Checked the basics for fuel and fire. These were Ok but could not see alot of fuel from the injectors. Pulled the ecu and it was flashing code 16. Ran thru diagnostics and determined it was a bad ECU. Replaced the ecu with a known good one from the donor car still having the same problem. Everytime I run thru the trouble tree it leads me back to the same place. But I know the ecu from the donor is good since I drove the car home. I also tried to check for an injector pulse on both injectors and the noid light does not light. Will these light a noid light? I am used to domestic cars. Pinned out the EFi relay and it passed. Sorry for such a long post but I want to include as much info as possible. I am at my wits end with it. I do not have much money in it so I could give up but, I cant let it win. Any suggestions or help from anyone would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay

1970rs

Bump.

Anyone?

eda6

you say the injectors aren't getting much fuel. try a new fuel filter and see what happens.
fuel filter could be a restriction in the fuel supply line because it's been sitting for 5 years.

1970rs

Already done that. I relly thing it is something electrical and has to do with the code 16. Thanks for you help.

1970rs

SiMateoAko

I had code 16 ( if I remember correctly) and it was fixed by replacing the fuel filter and the injectors.

I'd try taking the injectors from your 89 and putting them on the new engine. I'd also possibly swap intake manifolds if that doesn't work.

1970rs

Did that too. I have tried about everything. Has anyone seen the convertor stop up enough to not allow it to start?