My car turns over and pops and bangs but won't run. Has fuel, air, and spark. It has a good compression. I've been doing a bunch but it won't run. It's a 1995 Honda Civic DX sedan 1.5 sohc. It's a d15b7 automatic. Please I don't know what else to do!!

 

Please explain how you determined it has fuel?

Please describe the quality of spark (color etc).

Once you expand on the two mentioned items, I can give you a couple of other things to look at. I suspect mechanical timing.

 

Pops and Bangs" might suggest you have your spark plug wires out of order.

 

Well I pulled the rail out turn the injectors up and try to start it. All the injectors sprayed fuel in there correct sequence. I used a spark tester to check the spark. All were good.
Also would pulling the crank pulley off affect the timing or no. The timing belt was never touched by me. And the motor supposedly ran before.

 

So, have you ever seen it run or were you taking someone's word?

 

Woodruff key get lost while the pulley was off?

 

facepalm so hard.

 

Okay, so you have fuel. You do not know if it's enough fuel but the injectors work. You should in theory check the pressure at the fuel filter typically.

You have spark but did not state the quality of spark. Is the spark orange in color?

Other posters hit other areas needing to be clarified like have you seen the motor run or going off someone else's statement blindly? Did you make sure the woodruff key went back in place properly? If the answer to the motor run bit is no you have not seen it, then mechanical timing still should be checked. This would also lean me to checking and doing a valve lash adjustment as well as see if each cylinder can hold a modicum amount of air (poor man leak-down to confirm valve seating).

A blind motor takes significantly more testing than a known running motor.

 

Okay so the car backfires but doesn't start. Has fuel because starter fluid doesn't help. Has new distributor. Is in time. Everything I've could even think to check is good. It has great compression and all of that. But still does not start. Even the starter is good. Has new wires and plugs. Has new ecu Wich is pre programed and is the right on. I've done a lot of research and based off what I know it and have learned this car should be running. Idk what else to do. Probably going to take it to a shop in hopes they can figure it out. Idk what else to do?

 

You never did say the quality of spark. And new distributor would this be a parts store new or Honda Dealership new? or Just new to you distributor from a salvage yard?

Backfires, I think JRCivic1 might have already brought up firing order. Sounds like your wires are not on in the right order on the distributor. Pretty easy to mess this up and it definitely can prevent the car from starting.

 

Are you CERTAIN that distributor isn't 180 degrees out? Just because the engine was set to TDC doesn't necessarily mean your new distributor was.