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Old Sep 26, 2006, 06:52 AM
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1989 Honda civic wont start! ( No SPark)
Hi everybody, My name is Leeboy! I am building or finished building a 1989 Honda civic entry level stock car for my girlfriend. I took all interior parts out( i left all the original wiring and harness for at this level we have to have lights and keep everything in original order) and installed a basic roll cage. Painted the car and and numbered it and went to drive it on the trailer and found the parking brake cables were welded stuck(from the heat) as well as the fuel sensor wires were also burnt. So we shut it off and we rocked it and i played with teh cables and finally undid the locked brake cable. Started the car up and it was still ocked brake. So i took a cut off saw and sawed through the right brake cable( since we dont use them in racing anyways) Spun the tire, it was free and ready to drive on the trailer. I asked my girlfriend to start the car and lets load it up, but from the time i cut that cable and freed up the tire, it never started again. I have read all these threads...but i have no fuel pump sound, no spark no codes are flashing. I hot wired the fuel pump and it has a ton of power. I am flabbergasted!!! The car turns over like brand new but it doesnt even come close to firing....Any help would be so much appreciated, cause the last race of the year is this saturday and she would like to try one race and have fun. Why would it die after cutting parking brake cable? Any thing i can try? Please? Thanks alot, Leeboy!

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Old Sep 27, 2006, 07:41 PM   #11  
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Without really seeing it, it's tough to say. Could you temporarily take a piece of neoprene tubing, slice one side of it lengthwise, place it over the pin hole as a patch, and secure it with two aviation clamps?
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I probably could do that.....its like a pinhole rad leak....i was just wondering how pressurized these lines are......if a rubber fuel line would blow off...or blow up? And why are there 3 lines comming from the tank going towards the engine .....?
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Are they evaporative pressure lines for emissions control?

Fuel pressure can approach 47 psi, which is why I suggested patching, rather than cutting. I've never had a problem with Honda fuel lines, so I don't have any first-hand experience with your situation. Gasoline will chemical burn your hands. It can be a throbing type pain and is carcinogenic. Make sure to disconnect the battery before working on your fuel system.
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It may be worth a try--just be careful and keep a fire extinguisher handy.
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