Car is 90 integra bone stock

Yesterday I was about a block away from my apt when it started to hesitate then it started to die, Finally it stopped running about 10 secs after it started running like ****. today I pulled the distributor cap and it looked ok as did the rotor coil pack looked ok too. also I replaced the fuel filter and the Fuel pump does seem to be working since the line was pressurized after I replaced the filter. I also pulled off the valve cover to ensure everything was at TDC and Timing belt was not broken.

When you try and start the car now it lets out a very small backfire noise only once then nothing (Also exhaust needs to be replaced so its loud when it was running)

Please help I need this car for work, What sucks is the engine was going to be swapped in may so I hope its something stupid that I may have overlooked .


Thanks

 

Isn't there a law in naperville that your car must be like 2000 or newer??

 

not that I know of but the town is a little "uppercrust"

now you wanna try and help me with my problem

 

might be the coil.. cuz it looks good doesnt mean it still it.. try the igniter see if that does anything

 

Basics - fuel & spark! You say the fuel pump is OK. You can hear it running for a second or 2 when you turn on the key? Do you smell unburned gas at the tailpipe after you try to start?

Pull a plug wire & check if you have spark. Coils & ignitors can fail without 'looking' bad. If good, then pull out your plugs & look at them. Wet, dry, black, grey, brown???

When you crank the starter, does the tach read anything or does it stay at zero?

 

"might be the coil.. cuz it looks good doesnt mean it still it.. try the igniter see if that does anything"


i agree

 

i had the same problem... except that my distributor was out... i had the MSD modified cap changed out for the OEM one, but now i'm not running my SS coils. mine didn't start before, but now it does. i juss hope that this'll last, and not mess up my setup.

 

Thanks for all the help I got it running today. I replaced the cap/rotor/and the coil.
not sure if the coil was bad but I figured w/ 154,000 it was bound to go bad soon.

Anyways thanks again for all the help .