Ok well first off i just did a swap in my 91 DA.
I put the B18B in there.
First we had trouble wireing the harnest up because its a OBD0 car...and the motor was OBD1.
So we get around that part.
Then we start it up.
It runs fine for a bout 150 miles.
So then i start pushing the motor...full throttleing at for a bout 10 runs.
Then on the last run it starts to sputter in the top of 3rd gear.
So then i let off the gas...Pull over...Turn the car off and let it rest for a while.
Then it dosent start after 20 mins. of rest.
So then i push start it to get me home ( home is about 10 miles away).
On the way home it starts to sputter even more...so then i give it as little throttle as possible to get me home...and as its sputtering... My Tach gauge is going up and down...the heat gauge is over heating...the speed is stuck at 40mph and the gas gauge goes to empty...and the gauge light dims.
All this happens when i give it throttle.
Then when im at a stop (giving no throttle) the gauges go back to normal.
Ok so im finally home and i go to sleep...wake up the next day...first thing in the morning i try to start ma car and it just wont start.
So i check the battery...its low...so i got to autozone and charge it.
Then i put the battery back in the car and its fine.
The radio works lights and everything.
But when i try to start the car...it dosent do anything...no clicking...turning over or anything...
Can someone please help me on this?!
Has it happend to YOU before?
I really love ma car and its pissing me off cuz its just sitting...
Thanks for any advice...

 

First thing I'd suggest is to check all your grounds. There should be one on the thermostat housing, one from the tranny to the chassis, valve cover to the chassis, and of course the battery - to the chassis. Also, check to see if your alternator is working. Use a multimeter while the car is running and check the voltage of the battery. If you increase the rpm's of the engine, the voltage should rise.

 

Does anyone know where the transmission ground is exactly?

 

the tranny ground should be in the front of the tranny, it grounds itself to the chassis

 

sounds like your ignitor is taking a crap on your therefore you are sputtering and have the jumpy tach

 

Well for one...I took my Ignition Module (Ignitor) out of my distributor and tested it at my job (AutoZone).

And two...are you refering to and prelude ground because i checked my ground in in the front of the chassis and its not there...or maybe its gone...And one of my friends told me to check in the back of the tranny for the groud on the passinger side...i ono im just going on what people say...i havent had that much time to work on my car really...

But thanks dude really appreciate your help

 

since we did autozone start testing ignitors? if you have a bouncy tach, more than likely your ignitor is screwed

 

If an Ignitor is the same thing as an Ignition Module(which im pretty sure it is...correct me if im wrong)...then they test them...and i tested mine 5 times to make sure...the readings on the machine tested positive 5 times...then my manager tested 3 times to make sure and the same results...why would i lie on ma own post...that isnt gonna help me at all...

 

true story!

 

check all ur grounds, the one on the valve cover to core, trans, and most importan the engine harness ground if that is not grounded the ecu has no ground.

 

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