well last night i was driving my car and it just shut off. i have no clue what it could be at the moment. the cel came on i tried to check it but it doesn't blink at all, which i believe means the ecu is fried, but i tried another ecu and it did the same thing. also all my fuses and relays look good. it just turns over, no fuel and no spark. please help asap. thank you.

 

First off, maybe a little info on your car would help?....year, make, model etc...or is it like your username?

 

yeah, my user name pretty much explains it. sorry took me about 8 hours to finally get home so i'm really tired. its a 92 with an h22a.

 

Could be some kind of distributor issue...maybe the ignitor inside the distributor. Also check around the engine and wiring for anything unusual...since it just suddenly stopped who knows what happened. Also try doing a compression test in case something mechanical gave out....just suggestions.

 

main relay? do you hear your main relay click on when you turn the ignition on?

 

now that its light out i'm gunna check the main relay first. is it under the hood or is it one above the fuse box in the car?

 

if the CEL comes on the ecu is definitely getting power, so the main relay isn't entirely bad

I would do like hawk said and check the dizzz.

 

the main relay is inside above your pedals, my main relay quit working in my car and everything turned on except for the fuel pump

 

damn thats crazy, well good advice then man

 

just changed the relay and its still doing it. next is going to be the distributor.

 

have you pulled a plug to see if you are getting spark?

does the fuel pump click on?

start checking stuff before you waste money on a bunch of parts you don't need.

 

shot in the dark, but i had the same problem, when through a main relay, fuel pump, and dizzy, only to find out the my back up fuse under the dash in the fuse box wasnt making a good connection. plugged it in all the way and fired right up.

 

no spark, i'll check again after i get out of work though, no fuel. i'll work on it after i get out of work. thanks for the help.

 

you figure anything out?

 

nah, i'm gunna put my other distributor on and if that doesn't work then i think its gunna be an electrical problem. when i put my last motor in for the first time i missed a ground and it pretty much did the same thing, though i'm not sure if the cel was on so maybe a ground came loose or something.

ok i'm kinda certain its a ground. i went to hook my car up to jumper cables cuz my battery died and once i hooked the negative terminal it started sparking, so i tried to ground it to the block and that sparked even more not as bad as if you were to touch the posetive and negative together but worse than normal


Modified by h22blklude92 at 5:47 PM 8/24/2007

 

i'm still clueless of what's wrong. i'm jsut gunna check every fuse, every relay, every ground and every connection

 

Do you have an alarm? I had the same thing happen and after weeks of wire hunting, I found a little switch for the alarm was shorting out. This allowed the car to crank and all the guages worked, but the check engine light was on. I could turn on and off the car and every once in a while the check engine light went out and I could start the car. So when I went to start the car an the CEL stayed on, I knew I wasnt going to be starting the car. Just something to check out.

 

yeah i have an alarm. i was actually thinking it might be it the night it happends, but it still turns on and off but i'll take it out anyway cuz i don't use it at all.

 

So you already tried a different distributor?

 

fixed the problem, o2 sensor shorted out, car runs great now. thanks for the help every1


Modified by h22blklude92 at 2:31 PM 8/27/2007