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help! car wont start

PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:22 am
by illason
car wont start.....i replaced the spark plugs and wires also the dizzy. what else can i check? it has no spark.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:52 am
by teal_dx
Why did you replace the dizzy? if your old one worked before, I'd swap it back in first and see if that solves it. No spark at all could be a faulty coil or ICM, both of which are built into the distributor.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:37 pm
by illason
i replaced the rotor and cap on the old one and still no spark. so i got a new dizzy and still no spark. so what else can i check?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:51 pm
by Ajax1989
so its a brind new dizzy and cap n rotor and plugs n wires, then
try checking fuses, poss the main relay, follow the black and white wire up unerneath the dash, and see if it has been tamperd with

edit: oh what happen prior to th car not starting?
or did it just one day decied not to start

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:53 pm
by illason
yes all the parts are new. one morning it just didnt start i'm not sure what else to check. i'll check the main rely tonight.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:52 am
by B20vtec-turbo
Do you have any CEL's?

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:17 am
by 94EJ2
my car did the same thing it was the main relay on mine

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:26 am
by AutoXCivic
If the main relay was bad the car wouldn't crank. Happened to mine recently. Also replaced ignitor and coil because they were going too. Check your grounds maybe ... that can cause loss of spark right?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:07 am
by 95c1v1c
AutoXCivic wrote:If the main relay was bad the car wouldn't crank. Happened to mine recently. Also replaced ignitor and coil because they were going too. Check your grounds maybe ... that can cause loss of spark right?


Not cranking depends on where its bad at. If the fuel injection circuit is cut it will still crank (I think that's the black/yellow wire).

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:16 am
by chilango41
Check the timing belt. Maybe it snapped or jumped a tooth.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:46 pm
by necropaulis
If the ACG is blown, the motor'll spin till you kill the battery.