View Full Version : My civic's still not running!
troypt
May 25, 2007, 10:14 AM
Okay so I had a friend look at the car and he thinks it's the whole disributor. I replaced the main fuel relay from honda dealer so it should be good id hope, lol and Im not hearing the fuel pump at all engage anymore. I have no spark in the plug wires and no spark in the distributor. A few months before it broke down this week, it sometimes wouldn't start until I heard the fuel pump engage. Now I hear nothing. I might add it bogged down at times when I was doing my daily driving had more power at times then others. Im not sure what it could be now. Map sensor? Lol this damn thing is killing me! :) Help please! Thanks for your info so far.( by the way all the fuses check out fine):confused:
TxGreaseMonkey
May 25, 2007, 11:22 AM
Systematically, go through the steps outlined in sections A and B below:
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cars-trucks/faq-how-troubleshoot-repair-maintain-hondas-46563.html
troypt
Jul 31, 2007, 11:39 AM
Just wanted to update you guys on my 92 civic. As you know it wasn't starting. Had no fuel pumping to the injectors or fuel pump. I was stummped! Plus it wasn't getting spark. Well that was the disributor, I had some guy that claimed he was certified to work on cars but let me tell you. He costs me an extra 150.00! He fried my disributor. Live and learn I guess! Lol But I finally figured out the problem with the whole thing! My ECU wasn't grounded properly and it caused the ECU to finally fry. So I got a new ECU, crossed my fingers, installed it and the new distributor and tried to start it up. It started right up!! And my check engine light went off for the first time in years( I bought the car from my friend and it was always on when he drove it)
It runs like it should now, has a lot more power and the gas mileage is freakin amazing! Even better then before, and that wasn't bad at all. It has 240,000 miles on the original engine and a lot of people tried to get me to get rid of it. Told me it dead and not worth putting the money into. I knew it was and glad I did! I wondered when one guy told me he would tow it away to his house for free, lol Hahaha nice try:) Its my daily driver and I love it! I hope this will be helpful to anyone that may be having the same kind of problems with yours. Thanks for all your expertise! Happy civic owner:p