Hi! I have a 89 civic HB with the D15 motor in it. Recently its been having issues. I drove it to work, stated fine, ran great. Came out to go home and it wouldnt start. Sounded like it didnt have and compression. So I went to pull the valve cover off and the spark plug holes were all full of oil. I took them all out, cleaned em all, cleaned the spark plug wires. Put the valve cover back on with a new gasket. Did a comprssion test and all the cylinders were at 170's give or take. After I put everything back together it started fine. As I had it running, I was checking things and managed to put my hand near the cap and it shocked the **** outta me. So I got a new cap/rotor. Went to start it after that and it did the same thing, just spins. Like it has no compression. Finnaly after cranking a few times it fired up. What would cause this? Also a few weeks ago I took it for a ride and when to accelerate and hear a slight knock. So I popped the hood, reved it by hand and it does it everytime now. Just one knock when reved or accelerating. Could that be old gas? I havent ran the car much all summer after I got a new truck for a DD. I would start it and take a short drive to keep things moving. I dont drive it offen because it needs a clutch, other than that the car runs fine, idle is smooth. Thanks in advanced for any help and if you took the time to read all of this!

Steve

 

Does anyone have any insight on this?

 

I still have this problem. Now when the car starts it misses and smokes abit. Then it will idle normal. Exhaust has some water blown out when idleing.

 

I had a similar starting issue and found many threads on here relating to a bad main relay. I don't know what an engine without any compression sounds like so I can't say if this is your issue BUT resoldering your existing main relay is easy and costs practically nothing. It's also probably the easiest thing to eliminate as a culprit. As for the water coming out of your exhaust, a small amount is normal (H20 is a byproduct of perfect combustion). Having said that, how much is actually blown out of your exhaust? Drip? Dripping? Constant dripping? Waterfall?