well first of all im new to the dohc engines so i don't have a ******* clue on what i am doing. anyways like the topic says my distributor on my b16a is not getting any spark I've changed the ignition coil, spark plugs and wires and still nothing. so if anyone can help me id greatly appreciate it, thanks.

 

Have you checked the ignitor?

 

where would that be located. also i was wondering if you or any of your friends are selling an obd0 dizzy for the b16

 

the ignitor is located inside the distributor it has four wires going to it

 

make sure the pellet indside the distributor isnt missing its what comes out of the coil that make contact to the cap. also make sure theres no cracks in the cap do a good visual inspection.

 

its either the coil or the igniter, my money is on the igniter. You can use any igniter from any honda distributor, dont matter the year. Its a flat square box, almost like a box of matches, with 4 wires going into it.

 

Before your car stopped running, did you do anything to it?? Also, how do you know or what makes you think that you dont have spark??

The first thing i would check is that all the spark plug wires were put in the correct order to make sure its not sending spark on the wrong cylinder. What i do to check for spark is just take out the spark plug wire from the spark plug and put another spark plug on the wire and ground it to the block. Whire someone cranks the engine, i check for spark at the plug.

The next step would be to grab a multimeter and check to make sure you have voltage to the distributor. The distributor has 2 plugs, one of those plugs has 2 wires(black/yellow and blue). Check for voltage in the black/yellow. You should have battery voltage. If that is okay, then take the distributor cap off so you can see all the wires on the inside of the distributor. The black/yellow wire should go into the positivie (+) side of the coil and also to the ignitor. Check for voltage there too and it should also be battery voltage (around 12 volts). If you get 0 volts, then the wire is broken somewhere or one of your fuses is blown. Check all your fuses, underdash and underhood. If all the fuses are good, then your gonna have to get another wire and run it through the distributor. If you get less than 12 volts, then check your battery to see how much charge it has. Your battery might be low and that might be the cause why your getting a low reading in the black/yellow wire.

If this checks out okay, then check your coil. Put your multimeter in ohms. Check for resistance from positive to negative. I forgot if the reading is suppose to be between .05-.09 ohms or between 14,000ohms-19,000ohms. You also have to check from positive coil to the nipple that contains a spring. After that, check from negative coil to the same nipple. It should be the same for these last 2 reading.
It should be either .05-.09ohms from positive to negative. If its between 14,000ohms-19,000ohms from positive coil to negative coil, then its going to be .05-.09ohms from positive coil to nipple and also .05-.09ohms from negative coil to nipple.

If that checks out good too, then i would replace the ignitor cause that's the problem.

 

thanks for the advice man. before the car stopped running i didnt do anything to it. i only had the engine for about a week then it just ate ****.

 

If it was running and then it suddenly died on you its usually the coil, but since you replaced it already, i would probably try replacing the ignition module(ignitor). If that doesnt fix it, then try troubleshooting it the order that i wrote everything and let me know if you need some help.

 

I GOT THE CAR RUNNING SO THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. BY THE WAY IT WAS THE ICM.