92 civic won't start - DESPERATE !
damianmalta
04-26-2004, 08:51 AM
Guys,
I've got a 92' civic JDM 1.5 vtec. no engine mods (except a K&N) and stock engine (no swap). It's been giving me troubles for the last 3 months now. Sometimes it starts, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it starts and when driving it dies and can't start it while moving with an engine start, i have to turn the key to off and then back to start again. Now it did that again and usually it starts but now it's not starting at all.
Replaced battery,coil,rotor,distributor cap,timing belt,plugs,oil,fuel filter,oil filter. Checked fuel pump and seems to be ok...i disconnected the fuel pipe just before it goes into the injectors and the fuel is bursting out like a fountain, main relay should be ok (otherwise fuel wouldn't come out right ?),injectors seem to be working fine, i can hear them clicking with a stetoscope. A friend of mine checked the voltage from before the HT leads (direct from the distributor) and said sometimes it's not fiving voltagesg. There are no visible oil leaks and everything seems to be working ok. Also the ICM Module was changed about a year ago.
There are no engine error codes as well. Actually i tried to jump it as the haynes manual says but my plug is different and there are 4 wires in 1 plug and dunno which to jump...don't wanna risk frying my ecu but i think if there is an error stored, the check engine light would stay on.
Did everything Mr. Haynes Manual said to do with no luck. Any ideas what it could be ? I've been reading in this forum and i found this thread where it said that the ecu had a burnt capacitor. If that's the case, it would have stopped and didn't start at all, not playing around.
Need your help...gimme all u got !! hehe
Damian
I've got a 92' civic JDM 1.5 vtec. no engine mods (except a K&N) and stock engine (no swap). It's been giving me troubles for the last 3 months now. Sometimes it starts, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it starts and when driving it dies and can't start it while moving with an engine start, i have to turn the key to off and then back to start again. Now it did that again and usually it starts but now it's not starting at all.
Replaced battery,coil,rotor,distributor cap,timing belt,plugs,oil,fuel filter,oil filter. Checked fuel pump and seems to be ok...i disconnected the fuel pipe just before it goes into the injectors and the fuel is bursting out like a fountain, main relay should be ok (otherwise fuel wouldn't come out right ?),injectors seem to be working fine, i can hear them clicking with a stetoscope. A friend of mine checked the voltage from before the HT leads (direct from the distributor) and said sometimes it's not fiving voltagesg. There are no visible oil leaks and everything seems to be working ok. Also the ICM Module was changed about a year ago.
There are no engine error codes as well. Actually i tried to jump it as the haynes manual says but my plug is different and there are 4 wires in 1 plug and dunno which to jump...don't wanna risk frying my ecu but i think if there is an error stored, the check engine light would stay on.
Did everything Mr. Haynes Manual said to do with no luck. Any ideas what it could be ? I've been reading in this forum and i found this thread where it said that the ecu had a burnt capacitor. If that's the case, it would have stopped and didn't start at all, not playing around.
Need your help...gimme all u got !! hehe
Damian
MunG35
04-27-2004, 12:11 AM
try a temp ecu replacement... anything civic hopefully a frend who has a car w/ a compatible engine... jus dont fry his/hers due to bad ecu posts... just my 2cents... or jus drop a new engine...
damianmalta
04-27-2004, 03:21 AM
a new engine ?? please tell me you're joking...anyway tonight i will replace the igniter aka icm. i've been reading about it and it really show symptoms of a bad igniter
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