my car died on me when i was driving, and now it will not start. it will turn over and sound like it will start but doesnt. no check engine light. i figur its the dist... or its just the cap and rotor.

 

have you checked for spark? pull out the spark plug wire on the first cylinder (far right facing the car) and stick a screw driver inside. Have a friend try and start the car. If theres spark, its not your distributor

 

what ealse could it be if itrs not the dist...?

 

might be a broken timing belt... if its not the distributor thats prob. whats wrong with it. pull off your valve cover and see if it is broken!

 

for one thing check ur fuse to c if it burnz out.if not check ur distributor. most likey urz iz burned out. just like my car my 94rs. it died out ****** yesterday n chula vista (-___-) just bought a new one n got it running again. and finally if that doenzt work itz a good chance that itz gonna be ur relay..do to the temperature n weather the hot expandz it cauzing it to get all stupid n wont work again. if thatz the case there goez 70 bukz out ur pocket (-___-)

 

check the fuse as mentioned above, but also check the resistance in your coil pack...the primary winding resistance (between the positive and negative of the coil) should be .6-.8 ohms, and the secondary winding resistance (between the positive on the coil and where the spring is) should be 12.8-19.2 Kohms (or 12,800-19,200 ohms).

 

yeah, hondas are notorious for the coils going bad, had 3 go bad on me in the last 4 years.