i have a 99 civic ex and i just swaped my motor and put a b16 it it. the problem is that it wont start. it has clean fuel, a good spark, good fuel flow out of injectors, good compression (165 psi). i tried two ecus, my sohc and a b series. its also have good timing, no leaks, good head gasket. it just doesnt want to turn over. all wires are connected except for knock sensor but my b series ecu is chipped and bypass that. grounds are tight, battery strong, but idk whats the problem...

any help will be nice, thanks

 

recheck grounds.

 

clean all three of your grounds up real good with sand paper and try it again.

 

is the trans grounded? the neg battery cable should be attached to the trans at some point

 

Are you saying it won't start or won't crank?

 

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yeah.. exactly what is your problem? you turn the key and what happens?

 

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ill check the grounds, but my motor cranks, but no start. for example, its like starting a car with no gas, it will crank but not start, but my car has gas

 

Is your map and tps sensor plugs right? They have the same style connector and alot of people mix-match these plugs by mistake

 

*this issue was resolved. his distributor was MISSING A WIRE. I spent a loooooong time trying to diagnose this car. the wiring on the distributor was messed up. the car runs now :D thanks for ur help.

 

sorry to bring back from dead but im hoping this is my issue too. my car ran as a stock lsv in 96 sedan with a turbo kit strapped to it. since i upgraded the fuel rail - it WONT START. Right when it seems like its going to turn over it doesnt, then starts cranking again. I hope a bad dizzy is the problem as I've literally been over EVERYTHING.

 

That sounds like incorrect firing order, a broken rotor driver, or a distributor installed 180 degrees off. Or wet/damaged ignition components.

 

Start a new thread instead of bumping an old one.

 

So it only started after your fuel rail install? If so Id look there first, maybe the fittings on the fuel rail end differs from the stock one.

 

In all honesty, I'm hoping thats what it is. Thanks for your reply. We will know by thursday if thats it as I have a new dizzy on the way.

 

Hey HPH-
My buddy has the exact same rail on his car. He has 240s and a different FP gauge (i have 900s) but it all fit on exactly the same so I had ruled that out.

 

Bent rod. Cyl number two. No idea how because the day before it wouldn't start it ran fine. Anyway - blocks been removed...new swap got started yesterday.