Civic EG

hey all...

my pos car broke down on me today

i was on my to the bank and i stoped to get gas and after i filled up
the car wont start, all it does is crank over

its gettin spark and fuel, but not starting


could someone help

man thats some shit. hum..... have you tryed to start it agin since you got it home???? make sure nothing came unpluged. check the distributor, sparkplugs. mabey try to push start it see if that does anything. fuel pump out???? i dont know man if we were closer i would come by and help but i cant so its hard for me to figue out. and dbl check every fuse under the hood and under the dash.....

try again latter, it might be because of the infamous main relay problem.

if it still continues make shure you check the ground wires all the obvious stuff first.

also unhook your baterie. let it set for like 30 min. then come back and hook it up. turn key see what happens.

i have checked all the fueses, and the the plugs are plug wires are good, there sparking, and its gettin fuel, so i think its good,

ya i tried to start it when i got home
the cap and rotor look good to me,
all the connections that i have check are in good condition

ima talk to some teachers at school tonight
see what they have to say

its the main relay, our cars are notorious for that problem

Mr. Pink wrote:its the main relay, our cars are notorious for that problem

thats what i think it is.

especially when the weather gets hot.

Check the timing.

a couple of teachers at my school told me to check my relays and my ignition..

so when i wake up in the mornin im gonna check the relays and if its good then im gonna check my ign. system

lets hope its my relay, i'll just go to the junk yard and pick one up

or re-solder your existing one, takes 30 minutes max

Here's what the relay looks like:


look for cracked solder joints, re-solder them and it's good

yea im havin the same damn problem too, teal can u post a pic of the main relay i wanna make sure im gettin the right one

well it was the main relay

and the repair was free
thanks teal, i thought i was
gonna have to go buy another one

my car is up and running

drago742gtr wrote:yea im havin the same damn problem too, teal can u post a pic of the main relay i wanna make sure im gettin the right one

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