I recently got my d16y8 on a 1997 civic ex, mileage 45k.
I picked it up from the shop , turned on and started with out a problem. Ran great felt great and sounded really quiet . No roughness or anything. Later that day my car suddenly turned off while I was driving but quickly turned back on with out turning the key and just holding the gas pedal . Quickly pulled into a parking lot nd checked to see if everything was alright . Seemed pretty good , I turned it back on and it had a rough idle at 0 . It would stay on for a while but then just die . Drove it home reving it on each stop so it wouldnt shut off on me. Today I changed the spark plugs and they're new ignition wires . I tried turning it on and it only cranks nd turns over , and smell gas. Could it be the distributor or what else could it be ? Help please .

 

CEL codes?

Check for spark and listen for the fuel pump priming.

 

I would verify spark first since you smell gas

 

Thanks for the replies ,
I haven't ran codes since my car doesn't turn on nomore and I just got my swap yesterday.
What do you mean listen to the fuel pump priming?
Sorry not that good with cars . /:
I haven't verify spark since I had to do things but I'm thinkin of checking the distributor right at this moment.

Called a friend and told me the reason my car prolly turned on was because I popped the clutch , but I only popped the clutch the first time and it turned there was a second time where I just held the gas paddle on second gear while turning and it quicly just turned on automatically.

 

To pull CEL's the car just needs to be in the accessory stage..it doesn't have to be running. *theres pages on how to "jump" the connector -- then the light blinks, you count them, get a number...and then check what it is.

To listen for the fuel pump priming--- turn the key to 1 position --- and listen, youll hear a sound. Its hard to describe the sound ---however youll either hear something, or it'll be dead silent. Hope for the first

As for the clutch remark, I have no idea what your really describing there, so...sorry on that.

 

Just ran the codes and I got one fast blink , that should be the o2 sensor but could that cause my car to not start ?
& thanks , yes I did hear something when I turned the key so the fuel pump is priming lol

About the clutch I meant it as I popped the clutch pedal out because I had it pressed all the way in , so I popped it out and I guess that's how my car started right back up while I was driving .