car stared 2 times today fine, went into store for 10 min came out wont start. the car wont turn over, it wont jump, its just not fully turning over. it has full tank of gas

possibilites? my friend has had the car for one day--it ran all day yesterday 80 miles or so. checked plugs look fine, mayeb its cap and rotor but i think its a long shot

u think we can pop the clutch and get it started?

i usually know what the deal with hondas are but im stumped? i know its not the battery or starter so what else coud it be?

 

help

 

nobody?

 

Hey bro, I had the same problem with my hatch... It sounds like the ignitor inside the distributor. It's what keeps the car running.... it kept dying out on me when I went into stores, but got even worse and would just die out when I was on US1, so I just replaced it. No problems since.

 

we replaced the cap, rotor and plugs so far

almost certin its electrical....put a screw driver to the end of the pulg wire and got nothing no arc at all

where u from SOHC---us1 and central florida mean u can be too far from me here in cocoa


by ignitor u dont mean the rotor? never replaced that before.......thanks again for the new avenue


[Modified by jmx2323, 5:33 PM 9/22/2002]

 

anybody know if a D15b8(cx) and a 90crx dx are compatible.............we have a dx crx engine laying around with the parts that work

 

when you are trying to start it and doesn't turn over, is the flywheel turning?

sounds like a faulty starter solenoid but hard to tell.

need to find out whether it's spark, fuel delivery or turning of the flywheel.

 

it wants to turn over, but by putting up a metal screwdriver to the plug wire u get no sparll/arc so its probbaly a problem in the distributor

not the starter, i know those problems

 

damn no spark huh.

stick a screw driver in the spark plug wire and put that about 3 mm from the radiator support and try cranking it.

it's not going to spark with just a screw driver or just the spark plug in there because it's not grounded.

could be the ICM, make sure your dist rotor is securely in there and turning when cranking as well


[Modified by poison, 4:24 PM 9/22/2002]

 

ICM?

hmmm your probbaly right there would be no spark because of no ground

curciut tester work?

 

did u check the 15amp fuse for PGM/FI?

that way my problem after messing around for over 5 hrs..lol

good luck!
mike

 

I have a problem that is somewhat similar-
I'll run the car for a while, turn it off and go inside and come back out to go somewhere again. When I start the car, it starts, revs up to about 2500 then as the idle starts the settle the car dies and won't turn over for about 3-5 min. I first though fuel was a problem, but pressure was there, and fuel pump was fine. I'm going to check ignition next but if anybody knows off the top of their head that would be great.

 

ICM = ignition control module. it's a little tiny box inside your distributor.

You will have no spark holding up the Spark plug wire with something in there (whether it's a plug or anything because there is no ground).

Get a flat head/philips screw driver, and stick it inside the spark plug wire, then put it about 3 mm to the radiator support and have it cranked to see if you have spark.

That's the best way to go about seeing if you have spark.

 

I met you before, you and Kevin came to my house a while back and I gave him some plugs and some other parts from my EF... Call me and Ill come on by, Im a D series expert and Ill get that thing running quick.