I drove my new 1991 Honda civic Dx that I basically got for free home tonight for about 30 kms. It was fine then it threw me a CEL code, number 14 (IACV). However the idle was fine and the car was running good at all rpms when the code was on. Once I got home, I let the car sit for about 1 hour then started it back up. It still idled fine at a low 900 rpms or so with no CEL, but when I hit the throttle the car would sputter wether it was in neutral or in gear. At high RPM it was fine though. I then turned off the car and let it sit for another hour. When I tried to start it again, it wouldn`t start. The fuel pump was making noise, the main relay would go CLICK, but the car wouldnt start. It would crank about 3-4 engines revolutions then it would back fire from the exhaust or intake, then it would have trouble cranking up again then 3-4 revolutions later POUF, very consistent too. Kind of like tatatatatatatatatatatatatataPOUFwwwwweeeaaaaaatata tatatatatatataPOUF. I tried to start it many times in the 4 hours after that and no luck. Then 5 hours after I last tried, I got in the car and it started like new and ran fine. No hesitation, no sputter no CEL, nothing at all rpms. Its has new MSD distributor, blast coil, MSD plug wires and denso irridium spart plugs. The car also has new timing belt.

What a bitch!

 

HELLLLPP it started fine this morning, then I let it run for 1 hour, no problems at all. Then after that I turned it off and started it again, no problem. I then waited 30 mins and tried to re-start the car and still it wont start...I`ll change de dizzy and see what happens...

 

my d16a6 did that **** too, i can't figure it out but i have drove atleast 20k miles while like that

 

sounds to me like a timing issue.che3ck the rotor out might be broke or something....but i am teh suck with timing..