I HAVE SEARCHED AND STILL READING THREADS, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD START MY OWN.So i was on my way to work this morning and i was at a stop light waiting to turn right. after traffic cleared, i went to let out the clutch and give it some gas, then it lurched then died. while i was coasting to a stop i tried starting it again. it started for a brief second then nothing. im fairly new to this stuff. so one of my coworkers looked at it and checked for spark. NO SPARK at the plug wire. i replaced the coil and igniter. and tried starting. still no spark. another coworker had a main relay lying around so i tried that. still nothing. tried another coworkers coil and igniter from a fairly new distributor. still no spark checked fuses under hood and dash. all look good. Have yet to test anything with a volt/ohm meter. gonna try Friday. one coworker said that he experienced this once. he replaced coil,igniter then entire distributor unit. and replaced main relay. he had no spark. he said that the ecu wasnt sending or reciving a signal from the icm. is that a possibility? Could i have a bad ecu. i read something about checking a21 pin? and something about a 220uf 10v cap being to low voltage and burnging up? Please help guys, its my only car and i live about 45 miles from my work and car is stuck at my work...........

 

I find it hard to believe all this happened and there is no CEL? Did you ask your friend how he knew the ECU was dead?

 

Check whether the timing belt snapped or stripped.

Also check whether the Blk/Yel wire attached to the coil and igniter unit get battery voltage.

 

i would replace the distributors hondas are known for them check the comp to bc i had a 93 hatch and comp went bad bc water got in it but you can smell it it should on the pass kick panel but try the distributor first you can always take it back..

 

timing belt is good. only has 10k on it and havent checked any votage yet. i cant til friday when i go back to work.

 

he said he had checked a pin on the ecu to see if it was relieving and sending a signal for the icm. or something like that..

 

i was reading that the honda ecu's had a capacitor that was to low voltage in the and they would just burn u over time. and from what i read on HT 1 guy had that problem and put a higher voltage cap in it and it ran fine after.????

 

oh btw its a 92 dx d15b7 short ram and 2 1/4 piping to exhaust. 210k on it.

 

o. and check engine light comes on inital then goes off when cranking. havent checked for codes yet