and i need it back on the road. i really appreciate it if anybody can help me.

i hit em on my front drivers side, it shattered my headlight, my bumper flew off, i saw water coming from my radiator so im pretty sure its cracked. i have a DOHC ZC in an 88 CRX HF. the fender is bent in squashing my washer fluid resivoir, my coolant overflow wasn't damage that i could see. even though my frame radiator support is bent in on the corner of the front drivers only, nothing is touching my engine, nothing near my headers, side mount, belts or my crank. from what i can see the only things that are damage are my fender, hood, radiator support and frame on the drivers side, and drivers side headlight. from what i know, on that side, the only vitals as far as my engine running is the radiator on that side. im sure there's probably a sensor somewhere that got knocked loose but i don't know where to start looking. regardless to say its not starting, i bent the fender away from the tire so it would roll and it did so just fine, my ecu isn't throwing any codes. does anybody know where i could start looking just to get it started. if i can get it to even crank and possibly start then i can probably go from there.


Modified by gRim06 at 11:19 PM 8/24/2007

 

That really sucks man, good luck chief, really. Hope to see some rebuild pics soon.

 

did you somehow kill the battery? any pics of the car yet?

 

i've got some pics from my phone that i uploaded to my comp via scandisk but i cant figure out how to post them. i clicked the insert image button on the little toolbar above but i dont know what to do to add the pic after that. if i can figure out how to do that i would be glad to post pics.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxcess &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you somehow kill the battery? any pics of the car yet?</TD></TR></TABLE>

the battery is fine, the lights came on but it wouldn't turn over, i could hear the ignition buzz, or however you would describe the sound but no starter noise or cranking or anything, BUT about five min ago, approx 2 hrs since the wreck and the last time i tried to start it, i went outside to take a few things out of it and i sat down, pulled out my key and figured why not give it a try? so i cranked it and it started up with no problem just like normal. i was so excited!!! i revved it a couple of times then i put it in gear and pulled up like 3 or 4 feet and it was fine. i've already talked to some of my friends and we decided to get a half radiator from an eg and put it in then take all the broken headlight pieces off and start bending the frame back out and then we're gonna go from there. what really sucks is that i was just about to install my new tokico illumina 5 ways and some new rotors, pads, and shoes tomorrow!!!!!i've also ordered a front and rear camber kit. the previous owner had some eibach pro springs on the stock shocks just for some lowness. anyways, this is a real set back but at least my engine is fine and its still running.

Btw can anybody PLZ explain to me how to post pics, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

to post pics go to a website like photobucket.com and sign up (it is free), upload your pics to that site and when you go to the individual pics on photobucket it has the url for posting on there. So all you have to do is copy paste to your post here and there you go.

 

photobucket won't load, i've tried everything i can think of to get it to load, any other websites that i might try?

 

Take off the driver front wheel, inspect your suspension. Even if you don't think it's messed up at all, check.

Replace the radiator, and please don't start it and rev with a bad one again. And ESPECIALLY don't drive it, even a few feet. CRX's are light. Just use your chevrolegs if you need to move it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cb07 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Take off the driver front wheel, inspect your suspension. Even if you don't think it's messed up at all, check.

Replace the radiator, and please don't start it and rev with a bad one again. And ESPECIALLY don't drive it, even a few feet. CRX's are light. Just use your chevrolegs if you need to move it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have no problem moving my car manually at all, i already had checked my suspension and everything is fine. i cleaned it all up today when i got off work and discovered that my radiator isn't cracked, its fine except for where the radiator support was, the two plastic spots that fit into the support at the top broke off in the collision leaving two holes, one on each side of the top of the radiator. the radiator holds coolant while cold, but once i start it up and the pressure builds up in the coolant system then the water spews from the top. i'll get a radiator from an ef in the junkyard monday, as well as the headlight housing that i need then it'll be ready to go, i dont car if it doesnt look pretty at least it will get me around until i can make some money for another crx

 

does anybody have an idea on how i might plug the two holes in the plastic at the top of my radiator? just temporarily.