Ive bee trying to avoid asking this question , because its been talked about so much but im stumped .

About two months ago i was driving home and i hit a huge pothole well my air intake hit the positive post of the battery and my car lost power then it came back on then died for good . I poped the hood and the plastic cover i had on the terminal had fell off and it was arching on my intake tube well i took it off and just put the filer on the tb and tryed to start it , didnt work .

So yesterday i got around to buying a new battery and my car turns over but it wont start . first i put more gas in it bc it was almost empty and its been sitting i thought that might help , nothing just cranks .

next i checked all the fuses none of them are blown .
When i turn the key everything is normal , i hear the fp prime and the two clicks from the main relay so i dont think its the main relay .

the light on the ecu blinks real quick as soon as i turn the key so it has power and also rules out the main relay i think ( since it control ecu and fuel pump )

Next i checked for spark (a weird way lol) but i have spark .

i havent gotta a chance to check for fuel but im pretty sure i smell fuel while cranking . i did check the ground fo battery and block there fine. I dont know what else to check it wont start


i almost forgot i have a ls swap in 90 crx si obd0

 

bump anyone have any ideas please i need to get it running

 

bump

 

check ur starter?

 

do you mean the ground wire from the starter , ill check i didnt know there was one there , if you meant is it working ya its turning the motor over just wont fire up

 

any chance it could have screwed my alternator up when my battery shorted out on my air intake .

has this happened to anyone before . Im just trying to find a positive answer or close to one because i dont have the money to go replacing alot of things trying to find the problem . thanks guys

 

hmm have someone shoot a lil juice in the tb while your cranking....maybe that will get her to finally crank up,and if it tries to start but dont your not getting fuel solves one problem.....hope that helps a lil

 

good luck with that, I cant tell you what it is though, because once the terminal hit my intake as well, and it just threw a spark, but that was it...and the car was fine. This was on a Stock crx Si though.

 

check the ground wire on the thermostat. and for voltage @ the injectors.

how did you check the fuses? the visual method or the multimeter test? (do a multimeter continuity test on all engine related fuses)

 

thanks for the help guys , i checked the fuses with a multimeter check for continuity ,

im goin to go check the ground in just a couple min , i know there is a ground from my motor to the front of my car one from the starter , thermostat isnt there a 4th ?,

ill have someone help me with the juice later im by myself right now

This is probably a stupid question but how do i see if there is voltage at the injectector i dont really want to poke into the wire with my meter but i guess i will if its the only way .

damn its like 30 degrees out

 

i just checked my grounds again , on the thermo i only see one ground coming from it and it goes into the engine harness should the be another one that im not seeing goin to the chassis