I'm trying to help diagnose my brother’s 93 del Sol Si. It started about a week ago when the car wouldn't start. We jumped it and everything seemed okay. About 2 days later it happened again... this time it seemed like we had enough cranking energy, but it wouldn't start. We replaced the battery; it fired right up, got it home and started acting up again. We swapped the distributor, which we had replaced earlier last year. Again it fired right up and ran fine until earlier today where it left him sit on the highway. We can't get any spark at the plug; the computer isn't throwing any codes. I'm going to check the main ground, and the grounds on the engine block, but after that I am out of ideas. Any suggestions what to look at/for next? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Hmm....you might want to check the alternator

 

I thought about that... but that shouldn't prevent me from getting spark when starting the car should it? (assuming the battery is fully charged)

 

honda's don't run if the alty is dead.

oh your car practicly has to be on fire before ODB1 throws a code. lol

 

if you have no spark its usually either ignighter or coil