I was driving and the car died. i checked all the relays and replaced them(where is the main relay? not sure if i checked that one). there is no spark and i do not hear the pump priming. wtf is up with my car. checked all fuses also. I even tried to hit it with a hammer. but the car turns over just fine.

oh, and not sure if this means anything but there was a funny smell we couldnt place in the inside of the car right after the car died.


[Modified by blufke, 1:13 AM 10/2/2002]

 

battery?

 

no, not the battery if the car turns over...no spark you say? I would say check your coil, but you also said no fuel! TTT for someone else

 

this is the only car i have, any help. please

 

i would have to say fuel.

 

what kind of car do you have.
if you have a 96-00 civic then it is your ignition switch. the thing you put your key into. go to honda and get it fixed for free.

 

but it is not getting any spark

 

the car is a 5th gen civic, the motor will turn over but will not start.

 

ALRIGHT! we figured it out. used my old vx ecu and the fuel primed and it started. turned out the funny smell inside was the ecu deciding to crap out. what could have caused it to do that? how can we avoid this problem again?

just opened the ecu up and one of the caps fried and kinda melted the board a little. doesnt look fixable . anyone have an at dx ecu?


[Modified by blufke, 10:34 PM 10/5/2002]

 

Sheesh.. Funny smell in your car?.. Is your ECU fried?.. If so, I can tell you pretty much exactly what happened.
1.. Your ignition coil induced too much voltage
2.. When the fields collasped inside the coil, it took out the despiking diodes in the path to the ECU and fried it.

Hope that shines some light to your problem..

But if your ECU is fine and you replaced all your relays and replaced them all, you might as well replace all your fuses and everything else. Sheesh BUBBA.. Next time, test it before you replace it. Good Luck.. Any questions?.. I would love to answer them..

 

we found out what the problem was by changine the ecu. we were driving and the car just shut off and there was the funny smell. couldnt figure out how all of a sudden there was no spark and fuel, wasnt sure if the smell was it either. we found out what it was by checking it with my old vx ecu. after finding out what the problem was we opened up the fried ecu and found that the 220uF cap was toast. fried the pc board all around it too so i cant fix it.