I have a 92' Honda Prelude that had a timing belt break and consequently it bent two exhaust valves.

I replaced the timing belt, the balancer and tensioners, machined the head and got new valves and guides and finished rebuilding it but now it won't start.

The engine is unique with a 2.2 block and its always had the 2.3 dual overhead cam head but I've never had a problem with it starting or running.

I have no spark and both the ignition coil and distributor were tested and passed. Does anyone have any advice or guesses as to what the issue is?

 

are the cam gears and crank gear aligned properly? Are the ignition wires in the correct place?

 

Yeah and everything was timed correctly with the crank at tdc and it was turned over multiple times to make sure it remained in sync.

 

This thread doesn't belong in this section but I'll try to help anyway, was the ground on the thermostat put back?

 

Did you do a valve adjustment after the headwork?

 

yeah like the post above. i would check the valves first if you haven't already

 

It just doesn't spark at all? Have you tried testing it with the screwdriver method?

 

Yeah, i havent checked the thermostat but the valves were adjusted and not only have i tried the screwdriver to ground method but even the injectors are not firing.

i tried replacing the igniter, then the whole distributor and got nothing.

maybe something is not plugged in? aka thermostat maybe

 

that was it man the thermostat wasn't properly grounded, the whole time! thanks for the help