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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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I have a 1992 honda civic cx with b16a2 swap
The car was driving fine, no problems whatsoever.
I'm driving and i come to a stop and all the sudden my car comes to a stop.
The it would not turn back on.
Fuel pump primes, car clicks when i try to start. timing is good.
I check the spark plugs and no spark.
I change the dizzy with with a known working dizzy and still the same problem.
The car has been wire tucked by some idiot and the wiring is a mess.
What could be causing my problem?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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anyone?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 08:27 AM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

Is the dizzy receiving power?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

check for power at dizzy
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

Are you positive you swapped it out with a dizzy that is known to be good? I had the EXACT same problem with my b16 last summer, turned out to be a bad coil pack..
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

It worked on my friends car so i don't know why it would not work for me.
There is power to the dizzy.
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

Did you check with a multimeter?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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Default Re: b16a2 not throwing spark

Did you check whether the timing belt snapped?

Check the Yel/Grn wire that runs between the igniter unit and ECU for a short or open.

Swap in a known good ECU.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 08:14 AM
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timing belt is good.
the problem with that though is that the car has been wire tucked so its really hard to follow wires. the ecu should be good but i will try that.
I checked everything in the dizzy with a multimeter and everything checks out. i'm getting the right voltage for everything. I used a different coil and it still didn't work.

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