pulled out plug #1, there was a tiny bit of water. all others were fine. let it dry, motor turns, but won't start....

any ideas?

we dropped in a jdm b18c1 into a 92 cx

 

If this is a brand new used motor, I wouldn't worry about it. Give the motor a couple days to smoke and burn all that old chit out. After a couple days it should be gone and act like it should.

 

the motor won't start either

 

Used motors usually have been sitting in different weather conditions causing moisture to usually end up inside the plugs. Dont worry. Change the plugs if you want let the water dry out of the motor. It should start up make sure the car is getting spark and make sure its getting fuel

 

the car's not getting spark. we're thinking it's possible it's a bad distributor, or maybe the wiring to the distributor is messed up. we're pretty sure it's not fuel....

still not sure though, why wouldn't it be getting spark?

 

distributor, wires, cap, ingnitor, ecu, distributor wiring harness

 

A good way to get rid of moisture down there is to spray an air hose in it, if you don't have time to sit and wait.