Hey guys, so I've researched both the forums and the internet and have not found the answers that I'm searching for.

Today, I was working on my 1995 civic SI (d16z6 engine). My car started fine this morning. I took off the distributor to replace the O-ring. When I put the distributor back on, my car simply cranked and cranked and cranked, but never started.


Sooooooooo, my dad has a 1995 Civic EX (d16z6). His car started fine this morning as well. I tried putting his cap, rotor and wires on my car to see if that was the problem; didn't work. I then replaced the cap, rotor, and wires back onto his car. Next, I checked for spark on both cars. My dad's car had spark, mine did not. I replaced everything back to how they were on both cars. NOW MY DAD'S car won't start; it also has no spark.

What should i do next? Replace the distributors, the coil, the ignitor? Help guys!

 

Did you set the ignition timing correctly when you put the distributors back on? And did you mess anything up inside the distributors when you swapped out caps and rotors?

 

No I did not mess anything up when I switched the cap and rotor. What do you mean by setting the ignition timing?

 

Found a great resource:

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/startproblems.html

After reading this, it looks as if I fried the coil. When taking the rotor off, I turned the engine w/ the distributor cap off in order to make the rotor nut accessible. According to the website, this can cause the electricity to pass straight into the coil, frying it. Hopefully this is right!

 

my car did thesame thing i just replaced the coil pack and if that doesnt work replace the ignitor coil

 

So you ruined both cars?

I would test the coil for power before changing it. I've cranked the engines with the cap off numerous times and never had a fried coil.

 

i have ...

i killed my coil and was even more scared that i may have fried my ICM (which costs even more)

cranked the engine with the spark plugs out of the cylinders while doing a comp test and that killed my coil