troy00
Jun 13, 2008, 08:01 PM
I would appreciate any help you guys can give me. Ok here is goes
About a month ago my 93 Civic would not start, after checking a few things, the problem ended up being the distributor. I replaced and car ran fine for about a month (battery was replaced a couple months ago). Then a few days ago I went to move the car in the driveway, and it would not start. I quickly jumped the car and drove it up to get gas and to the store. It started back up at the store and again when I got back home. The next morning was the same thing, it was turning over very slowly, and I jumped it again. I began to suspect the alternaltor was bad.
However I did need to drive it for a short trip. While on that short trip, the car died while driving it. I had to have the car towed because now I could not jump it this time. I immediately noticed that I had no clicks when I turned the key and the fuel pump didn't initialize. So I began checking fuses. I had two blown fuses under the hood, the ECU and the backup fuse. And two fuses under the dash were blown. If I remember correctly is was the fuse with the yellow cover on it and the fuse directly to the left. I replaced all the fuses that were blown, but still had no relay clicks and no fuel pump sound and the check engine light stays on.
Now I'm thinking main relay under the dash. I went to order one at Advance, but it took two days for them to get the part. While I was waiting for the part, I decided to take out the alternator and have it checked since I thought that was going bad or was bad before all the problems arose. I took the alernator to AutoZone and had it checked, it was bad. Got a reman alternator while I was there and installed it. After that I tried turning the key to the on position. I still got no clicks and didn't hear fuel pump, but this time not only did the check engine light stay on, so did the oil light, battery light, and the SRS light. They all stayed on. I double checked the connections to the alternator, and it seemed fine.
I got the new relay today and intalled that, same problems. I'm now stumped. And one more thing that might be relavent. I can not change gears from park to neutral to move the car down the driveway some. I have rechecked all my fuses. I just don't know what could have happened to kill 4 fuses like that. Does anyone have any ideas. Any help would be appreciated.
About a month ago my 93 Civic would not start, after checking a few things, the problem ended up being the distributor. I replaced and car ran fine for about a month (battery was replaced a couple months ago). Then a few days ago I went to move the car in the driveway, and it would not start. I quickly jumped the car and drove it up to get gas and to the store. It started back up at the store and again when I got back home. The next morning was the same thing, it was turning over very slowly, and I jumped it again. I began to suspect the alternaltor was bad.
However I did need to drive it for a short trip. While on that short trip, the car died while driving it. I had to have the car towed because now I could not jump it this time. I immediately noticed that I had no clicks when I turned the key and the fuel pump didn't initialize. So I began checking fuses. I had two blown fuses under the hood, the ECU and the backup fuse. And two fuses under the dash were blown. If I remember correctly is was the fuse with the yellow cover on it and the fuse directly to the left. I replaced all the fuses that were blown, but still had no relay clicks and no fuel pump sound and the check engine light stays on.
Now I'm thinking main relay under the dash. I went to order one at Advance, but it took two days for them to get the part. While I was waiting for the part, I decided to take out the alternator and have it checked since I thought that was going bad or was bad before all the problems arose. I took the alernator to AutoZone and had it checked, it was bad. Got a reman alternator while I was there and installed it. After that I tried turning the key to the on position. I still got no clicks and didn't hear fuel pump, but this time not only did the check engine light stay on, so did the oil light, battery light, and the SRS light. They all stayed on. I double checked the connections to the alternator, and it seemed fine.
I got the new relay today and intalled that, same problems. I'm now stumped. And one more thing that might be relavent. I can not change gears from park to neutral to move the car down the driveway some. I have rechecked all my fuses. I just don't know what could have happened to kill 4 fuses like that. Does anyone have any ideas. Any help would be appreciated.