i took off my head to change the headgasket and got my head resurfaced and cleaned...i put everything back on and it started so i took it home...the next day i tried starting it and it doesnt turn over. battery was kinda low so i jumped it and still doesnt start. there is spark and fuel but i dunno if the injectors are clogged (shouldnt be cause it drove the day b4 and there is fuel pressure) now im clueless...can it be that i didnt do a valve adjustment? maybe dizzy? dizzy cap? rotor? any help would be appreciated guys. Thanks...btw my car is turboed also

 

did you check the timing?

 

You sure it's just not your starter going bad?

 

Make sure you plugged everything back in correctly, make sure your injectors are plugged in right, check everything connection on the intake manifold and distributor. Make sure every cylinder is getting spark/fuel, don't just check it at the distributor or at the fuel rail.

 

timing i do not know because i dont have the gun but the timing belt was put on correctly with everything at TDC. I tried adjusting the distributor back and forth but that didnt help either. Everything was plugged in correctly and it ran fine wen i was driving home but was kind of running lean and was choking at low rpms...i will try to plug in my msd and see if that helps...how can i check if my injectors are clogged? and if they are is there any place in norcal that cleans injectors? can this have anything to do with bottom end components like if a ring is blown or not?

 

aight this morning i took off my stock coil and put on my msd setup and now the car turns on and runs but at partial throttle it pops and chokes like crazy!!! (wont go anywhere) no i have a feeling that my turbo might be blown??? cause i hear weird sounds from it...can this be it?

 

put everything back to stock and it still does it...running lean and backfiring like crazy so i dunno now...any help guys?

 

Did you just fill up with gas? Could it be a batch of bad gas? What do the plugs look like? Do you have another distributor you could swap out and test?

 

do a compression check than return us with more info

 

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Have you adjusted the valves yet?

 

didnt fill up my gas tank yet...car starts and runs and rarely pops but runs very crappy...did a compression test 170 across -+5 need to do the valve adjustment 2morrow and see wat happens...the only thing im scared of is the distributor goin bad but i dont have one to swap it out

 

stock head gasket? was the head milled at all?
probably a timing issue

 

yup genuine honda gasket..head wasnt milled just resurfaced and cleaned...maybe timing...lets just see wat happens 2morrow

 

GoodLuck man.

I just finished tearing apart me block to replace a headgasket.

Hope I'm not on here later

 

aight i took it to the shop and they said i dont need a valve adjustment and the timing is correct...wat da heck can be the problem thats making me run very crappy and it seems like i lost a bunch of power???

 

How did you find TDC when you installed the timing belt?

 

white marking on crank pulley lined it up with the arrow marking on the timing belt cover and set cams to tdc (pointing upwards)

 

Check your distributor and sensors, are you getting any cel's?

 

no CELs at all...im narrowing it down and im guessin it might be my dizzy also but car runs a little bit fine now except i feel a great lost in power wen vtec hits

 

whats your engine management setup?

check oil pressure too