91 Civic 1.5 Intermittently Cuts Out

Hi, new to Hondas so I figure I would ask here.

This is a problem that started just recently, but I can be going 60 miles per hour down the road, or idling and it seems as though the car wants to die. For a split second.

Yesterday it actually died on me driving down the road, so I coasted to a stop in a parking lot... turned it over for about 6 seconds and it fired up and I drove home. Today.. started cutting out again...

After it cuts out... seems fine... revs nice... just every once in a while it dies.

I replaced coil, battery, and it has had a tune up over the past 6 months...

It seems as though I lose spark (if I had to diagnose a Chevy)... so anything I should look for or ideas? Hondas are a little more complex than an older small block :)

Any ideas appreciated..

if you are in fact losing your spark, it could possibly be your igniter.

if you are in fact losing your spark, it could possibly be your igniter.

Where is the igniter located?

Where is the igniter located?


Its a module in the distributor, underneath the coil. When the ignitor goes bad, you get symptoms like yours: intermittent no spark. I'd say check it out.