My Honda Civic won't start after I took valve cover off ...it's the cover just above the spark plugs .. but while I was doing That I snapped the 2 screws next to the distributor .. next to the sensor .. my question is this would Tht be a reason for my car not to start ?

 

make a video of that area in detail

 

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Fosure man .. I will have a video up
by tomorrow morning !! Thanks for the reply .. pacific time I'm in California

 

Update I can't get a video up today .. because my car is. In Oxnard and I'm in filmore stranded :/ . But just keep an eye on this thread I should have a video up tomorrow or sometime this week

 

so I took the distributor cap off and tested the ignition coil .. it read just under 9 and the voltage said 12 . Would Tht be a reason

 

Did you disconnect anything else? Make sure your rotor is not burnt up looking and the cap has good contact points on the inside. Are you sure the firing order is correct when you put everything back together?

 

we did find a firing order diagram online ..play with Tht . Would this be a reason for my car not to start ?
Idk I can't tell if it still good
Ignition coil

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The two bolts have nothing to do with starting.

Hard to tell but it looks like one burnt cap terminal, but it buy itself would not prevent starting.

Did you check to see if you have spark and how good it is, [should be bright blue on all 4 cylinders] check with an HEI spark tester only. 94

 

I don't see a rotor installed in that distributer. Did you take it out for the picture?

 

So trash the cap ?
Yah the mechanism Tht spins I took Tht off ..

so the screws can can get eliminated Thts a big relieve ..

 

yaj i I used Tht screw driver thing Tht lights up .. no spark . Nd a screwdriver

 

If that cap terminal is as burnt as it looks in the pix, then yes replace it, but as mentioned it by itself would not prevent starting, if you have no spark either the coil is toast ot the igniter is no good, test both.

Although the bolts have nothing to do with starting they are there for a reason, replace them, use an easy out/bolt extractor to remove broken ends and replace the bolts. 94

 

i have a video for you big dawgs
This it's current state
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XNGe5zgsD4s

 

ok so I changed the distributor and I still have the problem car won't start .

 

vid link is not working.

Are you saying still no spark? 94