Wife Civic w/161k miles all stock never been modified. The car drove fine and it was parked in front of our home for the last couple of days. Today wife tried to start it to go to work, but no luck. She took my vehicle to work. I tried and confirm that it I can hear it spin freely after each crank. It does not want to turn over (stuck in the spinning stage) . My first guess a broken t-belt. I had (3) mechanic all at different shops said to me my T-belt was in good shape this was back in 2009, 2010 and 2011. I guess the previous owner replace the t-belt. Then my other guess it's the starter.

I need your input if I should swap out the starter or it's the T-belt.

 

I finally got it to fired up. I cleaned off the dry acid off the battery terminal. I jump it using jumper cable after 15min it fired up. I had the battery replace last year. I'm thinking it's a defective battery or fuel pump is on it's way out.

 

Another update.

After more studying I found a spark plug that was loose and not in all the way. I ended up replacing all (4) spark plugs. Clean the inside of the battery cable terminals and I put air in all (4) tires. It's driving allot better and faster to crank.