my civic starts but putters like crazy! need help!!!!!

i have a ls/vtec obdII in my ek hatch! i had to replace the distributor rotor and cap, the car starts, but make putters sounds like a v8! what could it be, would it be the spark plugs that fowl?

 

ttt

 

any help please, thank you!

 

Sounds like an ignition problem (dizzy cap and rotor, wires, plugs)

Did the problem start right when you replaced the distributor?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by $SD420$ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like an ignition problem (dizzy cap and rotor, wires, plugs)

Did the problem start right when you replaced the distributor?

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na before i installed the rotor/cap! wires and plugs you think?

 

do you have any check engine lights?

 

none!

 

rotor and cap replaced, spark plugs replaced, although a good tune is good! but still it putters like heck, it also sounds like a wrx now! sounds like it is misfiring, but dont know what really is going on! what other problems it could it be?

please help!

 

could it be my fuel pump?

 

ttt

 

firing order, LOL.

 

oh well, my buddy scanned in with his obdII code reader, cylinder 1,2,3, and 4 misfire detected! what could cause that, is it fixable?


Modified by zerogravitycrx at 11:29 AM 11/9/2006

 

lol seems like a fireing order

 

the firing order is right 1,2,4,3

 

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oh well, my buddy scanned in with his obdII code reader, cylinder 1,2,3, and 4 misfire detected! what could cause that, is it fixable?


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it means you put the wires in the wrong spots

 

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this happen before i replaced the cap, rotor, and the plugs, not after! it is still causing the affect of misfiring after cap, rotor, and the plugs were replaced. the firing order is where it needs to be, the wires are plugged in snugged and in the right place!

 

bad timing?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zerogravitycrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rotor and cap replaced, spark plugs replaced, although a good tune is good! but still it putters like heck, it also sounds like a wrx now! sounds like it is misfiring, but dont know what really is going on! what other problems it could it be?

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pull the plugs and either post pics or a good discription of what they look like.
and if it sounds like a wrx i wouldn't be worried. they do not misfire stock in normal condition and sound great so idk wtf your talking about there.
but like everyone else said, check and make sure the plugs are in the right order. if they are, mess with your timing a little. i'd start by retarding it a little bit..could help.

 

long shot, but flip your distributor 180*. I doubt the car would have started if it was out of whack that way, but I helped a buddy of mine replace his and that's what his problem was

 

Are your MAP and TPS plugs switched?

 

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not possible, theres only one way it can be mounted to the camshaft.

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he woudl have a CEL instantly.

 

Does the car get hot, idle rough or smoke?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schardbody &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not possible, theres only one way it can be mounted to the camshaft.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tell that to my friend who's distributor I helped replace.
My EM1 has a one way distributor and so does my 94EX, but this EG had one that went on two ways.

 

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My EM1 has a one way distributor and so does my 94EX, but this EG had one that went on two ways.</TD></TR></TABLE>


BULLSHIT. theres only one way it can go, not only because of the dizzy, but because of the camshaft. take a pic, that will prove it, other than that, you are wrong, or mistaken atleast.

 

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BULLSHIT. theres only one way it can go, not only because of the dizzy, but because of the camshaft. take a pic, that will prove it, other than that, you are wrong, or mistaken atleast.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Call bullshit all you want. I'm not crazy. We swapped out his distributor, tried to fire the car up and nothing. Not even the slightest attempt at trying to fire off. We called up his buddy in Cali and he said that we probably had the distributor 180* out of whack and to flip it. Did that, and sure as ****, the car fired right up. This was over a year ago, so pics aren't possible. Call BS all you want. This is what happened.