Hi,

I have a 1988 accord with about 175,000 miles. It died while driving and won't restart. It makes slight popping noises, but will not start or even sputter.

I checked the fuel pump, it is getting voltage and there is pressure at the engine.
I checked the spark plug wires, and they all have a hot spark to ground.
I checked the injectors, and they got about 3 volts during cranking.

The only problem that I could find is that the timing belt is loose. I estimate that it has about 3/4" of slack. The tensioner seems to be broken or seized. Is it possible that It skipped a few teeth and now the timing is off?

Thanks for any help or suggestions, hopefully I can fix it before it gets impounded.
Jim

 

yup belt could have skipped ,easy chk,, remove t-belt upper cover, put engine at top dead center # 1 ,,,,,chk the cam alignment ,,the little notches on the cam pulley should line up with the head ,,,