when i try to crank my car all i hear is the starter turning. i thought it was the starter not engaging but its not that i just replaced it today. please help

 

sounds like the main relay

turn the key to the on position without cranking it, listen for the fuel pump to prime, and after you should here a click coming from under your dash. if you dont hear the click, its your main relay.

 

do u have spark ?

 

A systematic approach to indentifying whether the problem is one of the more common ones that dominate Hondas:

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun

 

when i turn the key i hear just the starter turning the engine doesnt even turn over. is that the relay? when i turn the key the check engine light stays on longer than normal then i hear the relay click and it goes off.

 

is the flywheel junk check the teath just a thought

 

i thought it might have been that to but i checked them when i took the starter off

 

is your timing belt broke?

 

you need 3 things for the motor to run.

fuel
compression
and
spark.

check for all 3 at the engine...

when you turn the key you should hear the fuel pump prime your fuel lines.
if you dont hear this !SEARCH! for !MAIN RELAY! and look into yours.

if you deduce that your main realy is okay, or if you replace it with a working one and your problem persists, check for fuel. check for compression/do a leak down test. and check for spark.

also check to see if the rotor on your dizzy might have come unscrewed <- common problem

 

I had the replace everything in my dizzy recently same problem, it was the igntion control module ( ignitor). problem solved.

 

you would usually get a code from it being a faulty ignitor (code 15 ignition output signal)

 

you would usually get a code from it being a faulty ignitor (code 15) ignition output signal

 

well my CEL is always on and for whatever messed up reason the car runs better with it on, lol, its messed up but 2 years later and car runs strong, as long I warm her up before driving all good, no idle or acceleration problems. lucky I guess.

 

is it obd1?

 

my car? no its 0BD0. 91 civic 4dr

 

dual point or mpfi?

 

i converted mine to MPFI because i put a 96 zc, my car is cool, i think the OP needs help more than me haha

 

op needs to use the search button... lol

 

lol yeahhh

 

Drop your main relay from behind the left side of your dash, smack it with a screwdriver a few times. Then try to start the car. Main relays go bad very often in CRXs.