my dad was taking my sister to school but stopped to get some gas after. now they were on the highway and about a mile later my dad said the car felt like there wasn't any fuel feeding the engine. he said the motor was still running until it completely shut off.

now i checked all the fuses but am still clueless. do you guys have any clue?

 

you have to give us more info than that. i mean what did you try, does the car even crank? if so check to see that yo are getting spark, and see if their is fuel getting to the cylinders. there are slot of things to check. start by telling us if it even cranks

 

yea the car cranks. just doesnt fire up. im about to see if it sparks or not

 

I would put money on the Igniter... get a new distributor and I would bet all your problems will be gone. I've seen tons of people on here with the same problem. Honda used a crappy brand in the 4th gens. IIRC they did fix that problem in the 5th gens though.

 

you sure your dad didn't put diesel into the car? hahahaha...I've met or heard of a few peeps who's done that before. could be the ignitor also. my ignitor crapped on me also while I was driving. you don't need to buy a whole new dizzy. just buy the ignitor.

 

this is true but IIRC when I had mine crap out it was like $10 more to replace the whole thing. Unless you go to Honda for the new distributor..

 

yeah see if you can get a spark out of that puppy, also ask your dad if hes sure he didn't put in desiel. and sephro what the the hell is IIRC?

 

If its the ignitor dont waste your money on a new distributer like said befor just buy the ignitor.

 

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IIRC = If I Recall Correctly... I'm lazy and don't like to type it out

Yes you can get just the igniter but if you really want to do it right you would get the cap and rotor at the same time.. that will run you about $110ish... I think I paid $140 for the whole distributor. I think it's worth the extra $30 to get the whole thing since it costs a hella lot more than that separate.

 

$140 for a new dizzy? that's hella cheap. well I was looking at ignitors and they're around $80 brand new. so it's really up to you. if you want peace of mind, get a new dizzy, if you want to get the car running for less, get the ignitor.

 

I guess they are more now.. Around $160-$170ish... This is the guy I got mine off of on ebay... check his stuff out. LINK

 

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when you buy the dizzy, the ignitor doesn't even
come with it on a 4th gen

 

re-cap
fuses
fuel
spark

this car has been down for a little more than a week and im still stumped.


and im sure my own dad isn't dense enough to put in diesel.

 

So there is fuel pressure and spark? If so have you checked the ECU fuse? Give me a call, I can maybe help you out. Need to know what other systomns(Can't spell) the car

 

so did you ever get a new igniter?? Yes you will still have spark with a bad igniter....