?mind helping a kid out to his first honda?

so i was driving my ef down the freeway on my pizza delivery and all of a sudden i feel my engine losing power but it still went when i gave it gas. i put the car in neutral and i rev my engine and nothing happend. i parked my car on that young neutral "HONDA POWER" ... i tried turning on my car and all i hear is the starter . i towed it home and look at my distribuator. i got a new one and no spark out of the wires . all check all the wires and no spark. " i tried this before with the old distrubator aswell and nothing. so what do i do next ? check my relays? FYI i got the car with some neewbie doing the wiring. my ecu flashs normaly and all eltric on dash and lights work. my fuel works and i know is not my injectors please help

 

Check your grounds

Thermostat
Valve cover to body
Transmission to body


Is there a cel?

Are you sure the rotor screw didn't come out?

 

why the thermo? my temp gadge works.
vavle cover ground is good
my tranny is ground?

and im a noob. sorry wt is a cel?

 

There's a ground on your thermostat make sure its clean and tight

Your negative battery terminal should.run from trans to body to battery

Cel is check engine light

Turn your key to on2 pull back passanger side carpet and.check.for blinks

If cel is on it will blink multiple times count blinks.and. report back

 

my trany has ground

 

check the main relay. put it in the freezer for a little while and if the car starts when u put it back in, thats ur problem.

 

im going to upload some pictures. my cel has always turn on when i down shift due to not having an o2 sensor.

the main relay?

 

Your main relay is located right behind the coin pocket on the bottom left part of your dash

Check this out

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/crx-main-relay-location-2997980/

 

okay so the main relay goes in my freazer?

 

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Wow, that's a mess. Anyway, Just make sure the ground on the thermostat is clean and in good shape. I believe it's held on by a 10mm nut so take it off, clean/inspect it, and put it back on. Just make sure the tranny is grounded somewhere on the body, and if I were you, I'd find a better battery ground than the radiator support.

If a ground is not your problem, lay on the floorboard with your head near the pedals, while looking up under the dash. Look in the area behind the coin pocket/vent and you will see 7 wires plugged into a little black box, you want to take that little black box out, that's your main relay. You might have to move/remove the AC/Heater ducting to see it and get to it. You need a really long extension and a 10mm socket to remove the main relay.

Like HEADS OR TAILS said, put it in the freezer for a while and plug it back in. If it runs, then it's your relay. From all the crazy weather the car goes through in winter and summer, it can ruin the relay. Just do it, and let us know.

 

FML. i dug myself into a deeper hole. my friend cut my distribuator wires. theres two connections. he cut the one with 7 wires. the reason he cut\ them was becuase the mexican who previously owned the car they super glued the connector. now my friend is gone and im stuck.

 

I would have punched him in the face for sure

 

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i did everthing you guys told me and still not start. my relay is good since all the fuel is working. i still have no spark out of distributor

 

Ok I have a similar problem now my dad and I just replaces new radiator flushed the system but when I drive and temp gauge shows under half (normal ) my car stals and when I let it completly cool it will start again ? Help plus I bought a new distributor and my fans turn on right when they turn off as the cars running it stales please help

 

mine ran and just pooped out and quit like that, new dist. cap and rotary button, plugs and wires cleared that problem up.

 

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