Ok I am work and hope someone might be able to get me started in the right direction. Earlier today I was driving my car. "1996 Honda Accord 4door w/ 5 speed" and it just made a pop and the engine stop running.

Now the car is cranking over but it either dose not have fuel or spark. I think I hear the fuel pump primming but I am not sure, nor do I think that if it was the fuel pump that the car would just shut off without stuttering first. What do you guys think?

Now I am hoping someone could tell me what I should be testing first. I hope its not the distrubitor "expensive". What is the best way to test to see what part it could be.

Thanks

 

check for spark and fuel.
you can squeeze the fuel line w/ your hand while someone cycles the key to make a quick check that your getting fuel.
then you can also remove #1 spark plug wire and point the tip towards a body ground and have someone crank the motor. you should see spark...
either way, it can be a number of things, such as
a bad main relay,
ignition coil/ igniter
or a fuel issue

 

Does your car appear to turn over faster or sound different when you try to start it? If it does then another possibility, is that your timing belt broke.

 

I dont think it is turning over faster, It does sound a little diffrent but that was with my head under the hood while the engine was turning over. Other then that how else could you check to see if the timing belt broke. Is the motor going to be bad if the belt did brake?

 

if you broke your belt while driving, you run the risk of the pistons hitting the valves, might have bent valves. check your alternator, might be a loose plug.

 

One way to tell if the timing belt is still intact is to remove the distributor cap and watch the rotor while the engine turns over. If it spins then your problem is not the timing belt. If it does not move then your timing belt is broken.

 

So the timing belt broke. What is the best way to check to see if I have bent any valves? I was driving only 10 mph when it happend so I hope its not too bad.

 

Some one may have a better idea, but the first thing that comes to mind is to remove the upper timing cover and move the cam manually,with socket wrench, and line it up like you were going to adjust the valves. When the cam sprocket is in the right position for a particular cylinder then do a compression check for that cylinder. Check the compression on all cylinders if you get a zero reading on any or all cylinder then most likely you have bent valves. Check the FAQ section within this section it show the correct position of the cam sprocket for each cylinder.