I was driving home after work and i noticed that i need to get some gas so i go to the gas station and fill my tank. When i get home i popped my hood and noticed that my little filter on my missing link is ******* dirty. I change the filter go to start the car and doesnt want to start. No CEL just cranks over and then after i smell something sweet like gas, but im not sure..i know its not coolant. I did some searches and some people say injectors, some say maybes its the gas or main relay. Any ideas?

 

To check the main relay just turn the key to "on' and listen for a relay "click" when the Check engine light goes out, and listen in the rear for the pump, if you do not hear a "click" after several times, then it would be the Main relay.

 

Filter on missing link?

 

thanks , im gonna try it now. Not if it means anything but its a 92 civic b18b w drag kit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Osiris94EJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Filter on missing link?</TD></TR></TABLE> yeah , its a tiny little filter and sometimes it gets dirt and **** in it so i change it out once in a while

 

i hear a little click right when the check engine light dissapears, i read somewhere that it could be a blown headgasket but oil and coolant arent milky. Also i had the car running and i just decided to pull the plugs to see if it dies , the third plug i pulled out puttered then died, thats when the car wouldnt start. Before hand when i was driving i did notice a ticking sound like the valves. but i read on a thread here that it might just be the distributor and cap.

Modified by LagunaSecaEG at 12:12 AM 2/1/2007


Modified by LagunaSecaEG at 12:23 AM 2/1/2007

 

anyone?

 

where do you live, jus wondering cuz just sunday my car decided to stop running but it will crank and i cant get it to start still, have you checked to see if you have spark, all your connections and fuses are ok?

 

im in florida.....i havent really checked anything yet...its dark out and i dont have any tools....i know its not the main relay....and my coolant and oil look ok...

 

bump

 

just tested the spark plug wires with a screw driver...no spark, going to honda tomarrow....thanks for the help

 

I would check the igniter and or coil. Do you have an aftermarket cap and rotor?

 

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Nah, its stock.....how would u know if the igniter or coil are bad?

 

because theres no spark, you hear the fuel pump, you have no spark, happened to me on the worst rain storm of the year. thought i hydrolocked my motor, turned out to be the ignition coil. try that bro. should fixx your problem let us know.

 

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Nah, its stock.....how would u know if the igniter or coil are bad?</TD></TR></TABLE>
you would have to take apart your distributor. here's a link http://jdmlyfestyle.com/how_to...m.htm , this helped me a lot. i don't know what are the specs, but i used the specs here and i called my friend from honda to check for me and it was my coil.

 

it might be some bad gounds, it happend to my buddies car. there was full power but all you hear is a click in the starter. good luck buddy.

 

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you would have to take apart your distributor. here's a link http://jdmlyfestyle.com/how_to...m.htm , this helped me a lot. i don't know what are the specs, but i used the specs here and i called my friend from honda to check for me and it was my coil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hell yeah, i know what ill be doing this weekend...thanks alot

 

yea, don't worry about it. hope it helps you on how it helped me. update us on what it really was. good luck and hope you find your problem.

 

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i took the distributor off today...ran into a few problems...the clips on the side of the harness were a bitch to take off i couldnt believe it. Then i take the cap off of the dist. and the first screw on the rotor i believe is on REALLY tight...might have stripped it a little. I know if i strip it im fucked. So im just going to wait till tommarrow maybe have some help. oh well.....

 

you can always buy a whole distributor in ebay (where i got mine, 100 shipped) and i just fixed the whole problem. i swapped coils from another civic and it didn't worked so i just replaced the whole thing. good luck.

 

now car wont crank over , its just clicks and i changed the coil....wtf now im gonna have to buy the igniter..............