Last night my car stalled out on me after I made a right turn. When I eased it into a parking spot it refused to start back up. Doing some checks it cranks but there seems to be no fuel hitting the engine(sorry not too familiar with the inner workings of the car). I thought it might be the filters but when I went back today 12 hours after it stopped running, I still couldn't get any fuel going towards the engine and my father said that I've probably got something worse than just a filter problem.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

toonking

Has your car ever had trouble starting in the heat? If so, could be the Main Relay. CroCivic should be hitting up on this post soon. Listen to him... he's a f**king genius.

CroCivic91

Ahahahahhahahah...no geniuses here mate

Anyway, very common problem with Civics is a faulty Main Relay. If you've had problems starting the car when it's been parked in the sun, or 5 minutes after you shut it down after you drove for a while, it's most likely the Main Relay. Just check http://www.markl.f9.co.uk/howto/elec...main-relay.htm for a detailed instructions on how to fix that. It was the first fix i did on my car, and it's starts up every time for 6-7 months now. A quick check that would say it's most likely the relay if you check your ECU for errors. The ECU/ECM (Electronic Control Unit/Electronic Control Module) is located under the carpet, where a passenger would keep it's feet while driving. Pull the carpet down a bit, put the key in position "II" (just when check engine light turns on, and you're ready to start the car, but don't crank it) and watch the red LED on ECU blink. It will blink once (sort of saying "Hello, I'm alive") and if it blinks a code 16 after that - it's most likely your main relay. It can do 16 short blinks, or 1 long blink and 6 short (long blink = 10, short = 1).

Anyway, if it's not that, then it's most likely the Igniter Unit. But if you're sure you're getting spark to the spark plug wires - i'd bet on main relay. Anyway, an igniter unit is a part of the distributor. You can search for a post titled "Sparkless & In The Snow" and look for my explanation how to check your Igniter.

Do let us know if you find out anything!

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Also, if it's been a while since you replaced your distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and spark plug wires - you could really consider doing that.

mints

I've found that I didn't know what I was doing Friday night when the trouble started. Had someone that did know a bit more about what they were doing look at the car today and the Spark Plugs aren't firing. He suggested I get it checked out and find out what part of the Ignition system isn't working.

CroCivic91

In that case, you should check and see if it's the Ignition Coil or Igniter Unit that's not working. Also, you should just replace distributor cap and rotor, spark plugs and spark plug wires, since they are cheap. Coil and Igniter are perhaps not that cheap - so try and troubleshoot which one of them is not working. Again, a procedure that requires only a multimeter is written in the "Sparkless & In The Snow" topic. Search for it and go!