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1998 civic lx with ignition short

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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 09:43 AM
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Default 1998 civic lx with ignition short

So i have been have a hell of a time tryin to track down a short, i ve narrowed it down to the IGN1 circuit i believe but have not been able to track down exactly what is shorting, car runs n idles but cel stays on for o2 sensor and when its put under load it bogs out around 3-4,000 rpms, this is really kicken my *** n would really like to find a solution to this so i can drive my car again haha any help would be greatly appreciated if anybody has experienced this issue.
just a few things about the car it was a automatic and i connverted it to 5 speed and was runnin a b series swap in it had no issue till i pulled motor and swapped a replacement one thing i did notice though is i had quite a bit of distortion in the radio while the vehicle was running but not when ignition was switched to the accs position.
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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 10:00 AM
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Default Re: 1998 civic lx with ignition short

Fix the O2 sensor code.
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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 10:31 AM
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Default Re: 1998 civic lx with ignition short

I tried replacing it and same thing i have a short in tha ignition somewhere but cant track it down
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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 10:52 AM
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Default Re: 1998 civic lx with ignition short

First thing to check when someone says "it starts and idles, but drives like crap and won't rev over 3000"-- is the cam timing.

Seemingly unrelated electrical parts interacting (radio and ignition for example) usually result from a bad ground somewhere.

If CEL is on for any reason the ECU runs limp mode, meaning there is a rev limiter at about 4500.

Exactly which code? O2 heater codes will be thrown if there is no power to the heater circuit (fuse 15 related).
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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 11:08 AM
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Timing is on point issue i am having is a short its pullin 10 volts of power while jumpin the batt. Terminal to the post when i remove the 40a IG1 fuse it drops down to zero so %100 there is a short somewhere i just cant find it
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