hey my friend has a 91 integra rs and replaced his cap and rotor. we did everything pretty easily except after we finished installing, car will NOT start. we mixed up the spark plug wires cuz we didnt write it down but found a diagram online, if any1 has an extra one so i can verify let me know. does any1 have any suggestions as to why it wont start? thanks

 

Starting from the drivers side, the cylinders are 1,2,3,4

The firing order is 1,3,4,2.

On the cap when you're looking straight at it, the bottom left one is #1. Top left is 3. Top right is 4. Bottom right is 2.

 

so your saying its like this right? and theres no other reason for it not to start right

 

this website said for a 91 integra, it should be this? any ideas? or same thing

http://www.justanswer.com/view_image...7_SHOT1158.jpg

 

It should be the image you posted above.

 

It's the image you posted. If that's how you have them and the connections are good, you have a different problem

 

Just check for you basic 3. Spark, gas, and compression. ( I think )

 

if his car started before and ran fine then it shouldnt be a compression issue. Was your car working fine before you switched the cap and rotor

 

Did u make sure the little metal pin on the cap was there?it falls out easily.

Because if it wasn't you could have fried the module.

Its a little metal piece that connects the cap and dizzy

 

OOPs. Your right. My bad, I was reading too fast.

 

car ran fine before we did cap and rotor, the only problem was that it sputtered when gassing on the pedal. so we decided to replace cap and rotor, after doing so, car stopped starting.we checked the spark plugs to see if there is a spark using a screwdriver and there is NO spark. as far as that metal pin, yes we had the metal pin in the new cap

 

put the old cap and rotor back on and see what happens

 

well there is is a prob between the rotor and cap. maybe you got a bad part???

put the old cap back on and see what happens. if it dosent work you prob fried the module.

so do that and see what happens.

 

yea we put the old part back on and car still doesnt spark up. is it possible to fry the module when the car doesnt start?

 

Well, check your fuses. Start from the begining.

 

fuses checked, ecu and other fuses good

 

hmm maybe you can take your friend to pick-n-pull and just yank the whole dizzy out of any DA there. Pocket a shift **** while your at it lol.

 

i dont know what part of the bay area you're from but there was a black DA in the junkyard with a complete motor and dizzy on monterey road in san jose

 

If you have a multi-meter this will help you narrow it down.

http://www.team-integra.net/sections...ArticleID=1112

 

you make sure your wires are in the cap all the way?

 

ok i'm having the same problem and i have an automatic 97 integra as my daily driver. i was driving and it randomly shut off. now the car won't turn over either. i thought my dizzy was shot so i changed it to a new dizzy and same thing is going on. the car still is not starting however it is cranking.

here's what i did.
- checked for spark
spark plugs are still in good shape and sparking, firing order is correct.
- checked for fuel
i hear the fuel pump, injectors pumping fuel to the motor and hear the click so the main relay isnt bad.
- timing isn't off
- checked all my fuses and they're all good.

can it be my ecu? which caused my car to shut off randomly while i was driving? should i change my starter to see if that would make the car start even though it is cranking?

 

I built an LS VTEC had same problem all I had to Do was adjust the valve lash with a set of feeler guages and a Valve spring adjustment tool and she fired up.Your valves might not be in tollerance just pull the valve cover to check.

 

i'll give that a shot and hope that is the problem. i didnt even beat on the car and took real good care of it for an automatic and this crap ends up happening. what would cause the valves to be off?

 

Check all the screws for tightness on the coil and ICM and the external wired connects. Check with a wrench/socket your battery grounds, starter grounds and the three main grounds i.e. transmission, thermostat and valve cover. Also try to start it using a remote handheld starting tool connected to the starter.