I have a 93 Civic EX. The upper radiator hose burst from age on the highway the other day, and I had the car towed to my house. Today, I replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses, thermostat, and radiator cap; and then I did a flush and refill with 50/50. The car has battery power, spark and fuel, and a good starter; and it was running just fine only 48 hrs ago. Now - with all repairs completed - the engine does nothing when I turn the key in the ignition.

So far I have tried: the dome light test (dome light stays on), resetting the ECM, error code check (no codes), and jumping the car off, to no avail; the car stills does nothing, even though all lights and accessories do work.

I'm stumped, can anyone help?

 

did you remember to put the ground back on? its on the thermostat housing

 

yes, and later I went back and took it off again and cleaned it and put it back on, just to make sure; still no luck.

 

Anyone else have any ideas? This is my DD and I need to fix it quickly, but I got nothing, I'm baffled.

 

does it crank?

 

No, it does not crank over, I think I can hear the fuel pump cycling on and the starter solenoid clicking, but I've got zero crankshaft rotation. The other night, I turned the engine off as soon as I noticed it was overheating, and I pulled off the highway; then I noticed the burst hose and had it towed. I don't think it is likely for the motor to have suffered permanent damage, but tomorrow I'll have to see if the engine has seized. If not, then I have no idea why it will no longer turn over. Hopefully someone here has run into a similar problem and knows something else that I should double check.

 

maybe bad starter solenoid? try tapping it, with like a pipe and hammer, and see if it starts after that.

 

Thank you zippo1130, I went back out to the car this morning and gave the starter and solenoid a few taps with a hammer and socket driver and the car started right up.