Quick Rundown..

99 Civic EX, OBD2b wiring harness, rywire OBD2b-OBD1 conversion harness. Just dropped in a z6, after blowing my boosted y8. Car wouldnt start. It has fuel pressure, but no spark.

It's got a new (re-manufactured) distributor on it. This is actually the second "new" distributor thats been put on, still the same problem. I tested the distributor plugs for power, I'm good there.

I believe the next step is to test the coil and ignitor inside, but if anyone has ANY other ideas, please let me know.

I will run the ignitor/coil test when I get home from work today. If its sketchy, I have a y8 dizzy laying around that I know works, so i might put it's guts into the z6 dizzy.

ANY other thoughts and/or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading

Tony

 

Electrical problems are hard to find. You need to isolate a few circuits and run some tests one at a time. A good voltmeter, shematics and electrical background are a neccessity.

 

All electrical compenents ran perfectly fine before my motor blew. Dizzy is getting power as I mentioned.

I do have a bit of an electrical background and am confident enough to try some things. You probably know more than I do, please let me know where YOU think I should start.

All fuses are good

 

ANy other ideas?

I'm heading home in about ten minutes to try swapping dizzy guts, but any other imput is greatly appreciated!!

 

well like you said i would try swapping in a new cap and rotor. My girls y8 had dizzy problems this past week too, it was a damn pain dealing with it so i feel you. how are the spark plugs? take them out and check them? how about the wires? if both of these things have alot of mileage on them i would change them.

 

are you getting comp?

 

I have not tested for compression, but I bought the motor from a very reliable source and it was running 100% when it was pulled.


The compression however, should have no link in me not getting spark. Please


Everything is new, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, but the dizzy re-manufactured. SO, I took out the re-manned igniter and coil, put in my y8 ones, and still have the same issue, no fire.

 

Could it be an ECU issue? Maybe I should try a virgin p28?

 

Well, I feel like a dumb ***.. The battery was very low, and only giving a weak spark. Jumped the battery and she fired right up.

I've got an idle surge now though. The car will start and run smooth for about a minute, then once it hits a certain temp, it starts surging.

Thoughts? I had considered a vac leak, but it would happen all the time if that were the case, not just once it got up to temp.