I have a 88 CRX with an H22A4 swap. Two days after hurricane Irene went through MD i had to get gas. I filled my car up with 93 from the same Sunoco station ive been going to for months. A few days after this my car started breaking up and just died and wouldn't start back up. I came back the next day and put a new coil and plugs in the car and after cranking and trying to get it started, it finally fired up. Still running like it had a random misfire but it was enough to get the car home. the car would start up with no problem now. I drove to work and as i was driving it seemed to clear up. the drive home the car died again and after cranking for about 10-15 mins it would start and drive. Every time the car died i would b driving along and then all of a sudden it just had no power. i could push the pedal down and it didn't do anything. i could downshift and keep the running until i hit 1st and couldn't downshift anymore and then it would just stall. I got the car to work the next day with no problem i changed the fuel filter which was dirty and i also drained the fuel from it which had water in it. After seeing this i decided to drain the tank, from the drain plug and then fill the car up with 93 from the shell station by my work. When i got back home from work that night i went and got a bottle of HEET to put in the tank just to eliminate any moisture that might still b in there. After about 30 miles of driving the car was running better then ever. I drove Sunday down to Baltimore to watch the Grand Prix and back and had no issues. I had about 140 miles at this point with no problems. Then Sunday night it started to rain and i left my buddies. Not even a 1/4 mile down the road the car started acting up and shaking and running like complete ****. It sat all day yesterday and then when i went to leave for work this morning it took about 15 mins to get it started and then died a 1/4 mile down the road got the car started after about 5 min and kept on driving. The car died about 6 times on this trip. The compression is 190 throughout all 4 cylinders. I don't see where water could be getting into the gas tank. Everything seems to be dry. I'm at a loss here and i don't want to through parts at it. Any suggestions, ideas or help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

 

Check to see if your rotor is loose inside the distributor. Sounds like the screw has came out of the spot.

 

ok ill double check it wasnt loose when i put the coil in when it all happened the first time. im also going to see if moisture is getting in the cap somehow

 

I checked the rotor and cap. The rotor screw is tight and there is no moisture in the dizzy or cap. I even went to the extent of spraying water, with a water bottle and didn't get anything to act up. no sparking popping or anything like that.

 

I just ran up to Napa and got a new Rotor and so far the car seems to be running fine but i haven't driven it enough for my own satisfaction to guarantee its truly fixed ill know more later today when i have to go out.

 

This can also be a symptom of a failing Main Relay...

 

yeah i thought about that and my buddy gave me a known good one. The car still acted the same and every time i go to crank it when it doesn't crank i can hold the relay and feel the fuel pump side kick on and the ignition signal side as well

 

Test your ignition module (ignitor)... Maybe your car is just afraid of rain now that you fed it water...

 

i just put one in but what do i have to do to test it?

 

You said in your post you put a ignition coil... so you also put a new ignition control module in? Did your car get flooded? Are you running a cold air intake?

 

No flooding and I have a short ram intake only thing that I could think of was that I got water in my gas and thats what caused the coil to stress ans go bad and the igniter I got from a friend. No way I'm buying a new one they are more expensive then buying a new dizzy. Which I got a few months ago when I got the car

 

Costs more than a distributor? Noooo...
It's $110 NEW from Autozone.
Distributor is $236.

Too bad you don't have a D-series... only $50.

 

I can get new dizzys for 110

 

Then buy two dizzy's and sell them for $180 each.
You will be saving people $56 so they will buy them.
You will make $70 profit off each sale.
Your new ignitor will be free and $30 in your pocket.

 

Can't really afford that at this time. Not in a situation that i can really do that at this time just need to get it fixed or get rid of it.

 

Sell it to me, I'll fix it, then double my money! Thanks for the idea 4drEF!