today----i pulled out the plugs--and its fouled black again--but this time---no fuel on the plugs-

could it be gaskets leaking???? causing fuel to leak out of the combustion chambers and its just burning oil--????

I leave the car out for bout hrs or so and then go back to start it up..its starts up but in a very bad way---chokes and idles very badly---then i floor the gas pedal and it starts up----but like stated before...i let the gas pedal goe---and engine dies---pull plugs out--and its fouled----smells like there's carb cleaner fluid in the combustion chambers---------i'm resetting everything and putting the p14 back on to see if its the p13 ecu.

if anyone knows what's going on---please help me out----don't want to get rid of the lude-----

 

***UPDATE***

today---monday 28, 2008....i have taken out the injectors----inspect it and well....don't know the difference---just notice that the top part that's attach to the fuel rail is wet soaking w/ fuel and the bottom end that goes into the engine is bone dry w/ deposits----don't know if that could be the cause of bad engine start up..???

can't be the pick up coil because i'm getting sparks thru all 4 cyclinders.....
i'm bringing the injectors to teh store to have them check it out to see if its functioning the way its suppose to be functioning. in the meantime---can someone point to me what i'm missing---

got sparks thru all 4 spark plugs--
got new plug wires--
new rotor
new dizzy cap
ecu went from p14 to p13
got fuel up to the rail; dont know if its getting thru the injectors


when i crank the engine---it won't turn over--swear to god sounds like its not getting fuel at all----so i floor the gas pedal and engine roars but weak; i gotta keep foot on pedal else when i take my foot off the pedal---engine dies and then i can't start the engine---keeps on cranking and cranking then i take out the plugs and let it sit for bout hrs or so and then plugs go back in, and repeats the whole process all over again. plugs are fouled up...black--------today--i didn't see any fuel on the plugs---so i don't know what's causing it to do so...maybe fuel not getting thru or something. anywaise....please someone help me out here...i'm dying here...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FlyingDaggers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i forgot to mention that before the problem, i was running P14 ECU and was doing just fine until my p13 came in and i put it in. its been doing it ever since, wondering if its the ecu and that the guy chipped it and just didn't tell.

i think that mite be a possibility---swap ecu once to see how it goes and then i'll take the ecu to honda and they will check it out to see if its been chipped.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So the car runs fine with the p14 but runs like crap with the p13? If so it sounds like there might be something wrong with the ecu. Do you have a buddy with a prelude that you can swap ecus with to see if that is the problem?

 

**UPDATE**

alright, i have taken injectors out---what am i looking in these injectors??? the top part that goes to the fuel rail is wet--adn the bottom end is dry---w/ carbon deposits. how do i test that these injectors are operational???

any help would do greatly...thanks

 

You take the injectors to a shop, and they test how well they open and close, as well as the flow.

 

***UPDATE****


ACIDCrakker---your idea cost me 100 big ones----you didn't read what i was writing did you. Spark plugs came out wet w/ fuel---meaning i got FUEL to my combustion chambers..... now what do you suggest--i get my tires rotated---that mite be the root of the cause----

aniwaise...its not the injectors----gonna do a compression test and then check timing....down to last 2 options now-----after this if everything checks out fine but engines keeps on doing the same thing....i'm gonna take out my 10lb sledge hammer and do some damaging.