Help! beater civic needs help
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Help! beater civic needs help
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the car started and ran months ago. Last night we finished the brakes it and put some gas in to start her up. The engine turns over, but dies out. No CELs. Checked the sparks. they're fine. Except there's a noticeable amount of oil on spark plugs 1,2, & 4. #3 is fine. Cleaned them off, still not starting.
It's an 88 civic sedan with DPFI.
Any help is appreciated. TIA
the car started and ran months ago. Last night we finished the brakes it and put some gas in to start her up. The engine turns over, but dies out. No CELs. Checked the sparks. they're fine. Except there's a noticeable amount of oil on spark plugs 1,2, & 4. #3 is fine. Cleaned them off, still not starting.
It's an 88 civic sedan with DPFI.
Any help is appreciated. TIA
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Re: Help! beater civic needs help (Charlie Moua)
Everytime you have a no start situation, you need to do a systematic test procedure. Here it is.
1. Got a voltmeter? check battery to make sure it is fully charged. 12.6 volts.
2. check for spark on all cylinders. Remove spark plug, connect to plugwire, stick to engine block and crank
3, turn key to on position and listen if fuel pump is priming. Can't hear it. Either undo the line after the fuel filter and crank. Fuel should flow from there. Or check voltage at the signal wire to the fuel pump.
4. DO a compression check on all cylinders. Now compression does not just dissappear all of a sudden, but i don't know how that engine was running before.
5. Sometimes, i will remove the air filter so that i get maximum air into the engine.
6. double check fireing order and plugwire install.
7. Check for vaccuum leaks. Look at all hoses...
fs
1. Got a voltmeter? check battery to make sure it is fully charged. 12.6 volts.
2. check for spark on all cylinders. Remove spark plug, connect to plugwire, stick to engine block and crank
3, turn key to on position and listen if fuel pump is priming. Can't hear it. Either undo the line after the fuel filter and crank. Fuel should flow from there. Or check voltage at the signal wire to the fuel pump.
4. DO a compression check on all cylinders. Now compression does not just dissappear all of a sudden, but i don't know how that engine was running before.
5. Sometimes, i will remove the air filter so that i get maximum air into the engine.
6. double check fireing order and plugwire install.
7. Check for vaccuum leaks. Look at all hoses...
fs
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Re: Help! beater civic needs help (filthy_shovel)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by filthy_shovel »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Everytime you have a no start situation, you need to do a systematic test procedure. Here it is.
1. Got a voltmeter? check battery to make sure it is fully charged. 12.6 volts.
2. check for spark on all cylinders. Remove spark plug, connect to plugwire, stick to engine block and crank
3, turn key to on position and listen if fuel pump is priming. Can't hear it. Either undo the line after the fuel filter and crank. Fuel should flow from there. Or check voltage at the signal wire to the fuel pump.
4. DO a compression check on all cylinders. Now compression does not just dissappear all of a sudden, but i don't know how that engine was running before.
5. Sometimes, i will remove the air filter so that i get maximum air into the engine.
6. double check fireing order and plugwire install.
7. Check for vaccuum leaks. Look at all hoses...
fs
</TD></TR></TABLE>
1: Battery 12.5 volts
2: all plugs spark after wiping down
3: will try checking fuel pump prime
4: engine was running before brake job
5: cover to air filter opened. sprayed conservative amount of carb/injector cleaner into throttle body
6: bay area was never touched except for brake mc. spark plug wires are on properly
7: hoses checked, lines checked.
8: fuses checked
Car sat for 2 weeks on empty tank. put in 4 gallons of fuel, 1 can of octane booster, 1 can of sea foam into gas tank. couldn't be the mixture, could it?
1. Got a voltmeter? check battery to make sure it is fully charged. 12.6 volts.
2. check for spark on all cylinders. Remove spark plug, connect to plugwire, stick to engine block and crank
3, turn key to on position and listen if fuel pump is priming. Can't hear it. Either undo the line after the fuel filter and crank. Fuel should flow from there. Or check voltage at the signal wire to the fuel pump.
4. DO a compression check on all cylinders. Now compression does not just dissappear all of a sudden, but i don't know how that engine was running before.
5. Sometimes, i will remove the air filter so that i get maximum air into the engine.
6. double check fireing order and plugwire install.
7. Check for vaccuum leaks. Look at all hoses...
fs
</TD></TR></TABLE>
1: Battery 12.5 volts
2: all plugs spark after wiping down
3: will try checking fuel pump prime
4: engine was running before brake job
5: cover to air filter opened. sprayed conservative amount of carb/injector cleaner into throttle body
6: bay area was never touched except for brake mc. spark plug wires are on properly
7: hoses checked, lines checked.
8: fuses checked
Car sat for 2 weeks on empty tank. put in 4 gallons of fuel, 1 can of octane booster, 1 can of sea foam into gas tank. couldn't be the mixture, could it?
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