Well I did a swap on a 96 Prelude about 1 month ago. Got it running everything was perfect except for the fact that it idled @ 2k for a reason I am unable to figure out.

The guy tells me he was just driving and the car was running perfect and then basicallly dies. He pulled into a parking lot where it sits now unable to start.

- Motor turns over fine
- 200+ compression on all cylinders
- Every cylinder get spark
- Every injector is spray fuel
- Timing has to be correct or the compression numbers would be off.
- Assuming valve lash would also be correct or compression numbers would be off
- Can't be main relay cause that cuts spark and fuel, plus I swapped one anyway.

Any other ideas for what might have caused this joker to die and not start now? I thought maybe something like a map sensor, but even then it would start, it would just run like crap.

Also I have yet to change the spark plugs which I might add were pretty coated in fuel, however the still sparked very bright. I will be changing those tonight.

Keep in mind an idea why the cars idle may have been so high. I don't believe it to be a vacuum leak. The box on under the intake manifold that I believe has some control over the butterflies came broken but I capped off the line and the hole so there was no leakage.

Thanks for any ideas, sorry about the length.

 

must be electrical

 

any CEL's? make sure you have TIMED spark. I made a mistake once where I HAD spark but not TIMED spark.