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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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94 Civic EX .. the car cranks but wont fire. I swapped dizzys, changed plugs and wires, checked grounds. The fuel pump primes, it gets fuel and spark .. I cant figure out for the life of me, whats wrong..
What are some things to look for..?
Help PLEASE, this is my daily and I kinda need it ASAP.
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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could be flooded with gas. is there a strong gas smell?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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Nah not a strong gas smell ..

Thing is it was runnin fine , than I parked it for a few hours.. came back to start it and no dice.

Thinking about running a compression test on it.

Any other Ideas..?

PS. Car has 239k on the ticker.. but all regularly scheduled maintanence has been performed.
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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same thing happened to me for some reason. it started fine, i parked it overnight and it wouldn't start. took it to a shop they said it was flooded. i dunno, thats what they told me and they made it run for only a diagnostic fee of about $80.
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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How did your car get flooded just sittin..?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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i dont know i didn't really ask the guy. possible there was a leaking injector that continued to leak after i shut off the car. and then once i tried to restart the car the injector stopped leaking but since a cylinder or two is now flooded it wont start...that is my best guess.

does your car crank over at normal speed?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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sounds more like when you changed your distrbutor, did you but it back exactly how the old one was? sometimes you can knock the timing off if it is slightly off.
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Yeah but if the timing is slightly off on the dizzy, wouldnt the car still start, orr..?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 02:46 PM
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when you changed the dizzy, what did you change? I had a problem where my car wouldn't start. I ended up with a whole new dizzy. Is the one you put in new?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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The dude I bought it off of said it was new, Im not exactly positive but it looks like its in good shape. It could be beat tho - but I dont want to drop 200 on a new dizzy if thats not gonna be the problem.. ya know?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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for sure... bump to help this guy..
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 03:06 PM
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see if u can use a buddies dizzy..might work..
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95civhb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for sure... bump to help this guy.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks mang, Im in a bad way.. lol I need my daily!!

^^^ I would, but everyone I know thats in the game- all have B Series.. so Im kinda beat.
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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BUMP!

Any other Ideas..? Going to go do a compression test on it in a few..
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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Bump!!

Compression test reads..
1-150
2-125
3-90
4-125

Need some answers
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