So one day I hopped in my car to come home from work and I realized the car wouldn't rev past 4000 rpm (its a 94 civic with a b16 engine swap). I took it to the shop and they told me i need a new distributor base so i replaced the whole thing. However this did nothing to fix the problem. I went out today to put the new distributor back on and try it agian however i did not plug in the wires and tried to start it a few times. Of course it wouldn't even start. I realized this error and plugged them in a few trys later. But it won't even start so i can't drive it back to theshop to have it looked at again . Any thoughts??? Did I possibly wreck the starter or somethin?

 

What makes you think its the starter, is it cranking?

If it is check to make sure you have the firing order correct 1-3-4-2

 

Its making a fast clicking noise. After every time I tried to start it began to sound worse (this noise is hard to describe). How can i tell if its "cranking"?

 

it did sound like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQXyMLLhf1w bu t now its just fast clicking

 

Battery dead or connections dirty/loose?

By cranking I mean engine physically turning, how it sounds for a few seconds before it normally starts

If it is just clicking the starter is not getting enough power to turn the engine over.

 

Well all the lights in the car (dome light, etc.) work fine. But the battery could be dead or too low i suppose since it sounded normal at first and slowly died down to nothing and went from quickly to slowly turning over. I'll have to boost it off my roomie's car when he gets home. I'll reposte after i try this. Firing order seems fine.

 

First check your battery connections, make sure they are clean and tight.

Then yeah, try to jump it.

 

Car started with the boost. Now i'm just left with the original problem. thanks Luda

 

Honda dealership told me i was getting the same codes (04-1 Crank position sensor no signal) and 19-2 (Auto lock up failure) but didn't know what to do about the problem. They said they could not even trust the auto computer in my car because the car is a 5speed (but other owners have had no such problems). Any suggestions?

 

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Well maybe cuz the other peoples ecu is chipped
Get the right ecu man

 

its the p28 for a standard right?

 

p28 is for a d16z6 although i have run them temporarily without being chipped on dohc motors... the p30 or p2t i believe are the stock b16 ecu's i have a p30 if u need one but i would try getting a chipped p28

 

why not the P30?