We're at our wit's end over this.

Initially, car would turn over but just wouldn't start. Figuring it was a bad coil, we tested it. Out of spec so we replace that, along with cap, wires, & plugs (they were old), No Bueno. Testing the spark, only getting good spark from three of the plugs, plug one gives off a weak yellow spark. Until we tried without a plug in no.2, now we get good spark in no.1. still haven't solved that, but we tried looking at other things as well. Timing belt, compression, fuel regulator, engine ground...

It's not throwing a cel.
We have gotten it to at least idle (barely) backfires badly, eventually stalls.
We replaced the entire distributor, all the engine grounds... out of ideas.

Any suggestion?

 

96 civic with what engine? Any mods or is it stock?

 

The regular 1.6L non v-tech. It's stock.

 

Do you check if battery voltage is getting to the positive in the coil and ignigtor.

 

whats the compression ##'s

 

It's getting voltage, but I'm not sure that was checked.

140-160 across all of them, no more than 20 between any one of them.

 

Guess I need to bump this thread.