Hey Guys, My friend'a 89 civic 4 dr DX just died tonite. Stallled out at a stoplight then when he tried to turn it on again it was like there was no juice from the battery. he let it sit for a few minutes and it started enough to get to a parking lot. He said it was running really hot or getting close to the red. and also his battery light would flash. we let it sit for at least 30 mins and all it would do then was just turn over but no catching, sounded like it wasnt getting a spark. when he tries to start it it doesnt fire and you can smell gas afterwards.

1) bad distributor...
2) lost comnpresssion in a cylinder...

can you guys give any insight to this problem?

we also just put in a short ram air intake. connected the hose from the intake back to the valve cover like it would be from the factory, also replaced a coolant hose that is connected to that PCV(???) hose. would air getting into that cause motor not to start? he also said that the exhaust was smoking white. there is a oil leak on the side near the distributor.. could he have lost too much oil? we were only 4 miles from his house. From what I sa today on his motor.. the leak looked extremely bad to me. i am trying to give as much info as possible so we can fix this. ... also thinking about a motor swap... car is 17 years old good lil honda go!!