It is a 88 civic hatch, with b18b, obd0, PR4 ECU.. When it dies it throws code 15, ignition.. so i went out and bought all new MSD dizzy cap, rotor, wires, external coil, NGK Plugs, changed out my fuel filter that didnt fix the problem..

I started looking at the ECU and noticed whenever i messed with the harnesses that plug into the ECU my CEL would come on and my idle would get screwed up.. Whoever did the harness job sucked *** so today i went out and bought a solder iron and i redid the whole harness made sure everything was soldered and shrink tubed instead of that nasty black tape.

I took it for a test drive after doing the rewiring and the idle is good, the car seems smoother except now every now and then i get code 14 and my idle kinda gets messed up unless i tap on the gas then its fine.. and this is only somtimes..

BUT my car still dies while i drive it after about 20 mins or after i run it hard... only thing i can freakin think of is maby the Igniter??? someone please help cuz the code that its throwing is 15 (ignition) and i did every possible thing except a new dizzy or igniter.. also is the igniter the 4 prong thing that the wires connect to inside my dizzy??? After it dies it ussually wont start unless i let it sit for a few mins.. the somtimes it will run for 20 mins before it dies again, other times it will go 50 feet and die.. Thanks for the help!


Modified by OverCorrupt at 8:39 PM 9/29/2005

 

i'm sure it's in your dizzy, whether or not it's the ignitor that's another story.

 

MAIN RELAY

Hondas suck for this one reason
put a new one in before you waste any more time.

 

its the main relay same thing happened to me just bought an new one problem went away

 

tall-tell signs of a main relay going bad so it wont start at all.

 

Cool thanks, i just took out my Main Relay today gonna go get another one.. Any way i can tell for sure that this one is bad?? cuz i dont wanna waste 60 bucks if its not.. All the solder joints look pretty good on it

 

u can

1. Buy a Main Relay
or
2. Re-soldier the Main relay

 

cool thanks, i'm gonna try and re-soldier it hopefully it will be ok, if not i'll go buy a new one i hope between the ignitor and the main relay it solves my problem

 

ended up being the ignitor, but just to be safe i re-soldiered the main relay too, thanks everyone