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Old 12-20-2003, 01:27 PM
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50$ goes to whoever can solve this problem with MPFI

Hey guys...I am offering up 50$ or your choice of miscellaneous crx/civic hatch parts like clear tails, starters, dizzys, a/c, wutever u want....I promise to give this to whoever gives me the answer with solves my problem.

Here it goes. So earlier this month, I swapped a 91 D16A6 into my 88 civic hatch dx. I encountered no problems besides the fact that it wont start. I've checked over the wiring at least 10 times. I've checked for continuity with a multimeter on all the wires I've added like the 4 injectors(brn, red, blue, yellow), the inector resistor box power (yellow/blk), the 4 injector resistance feeds (red/blk), the 2 dizzy wires (blue/yellow, blue/green) at C1 and C2 and the org. and wht. wires i switched to b10 and b12.
The wires were all fine. I soldered and heat shrunk ALL connections. I also checked the resistor box to see if the resistance was still good...yep, 6 ohms to each of the four wires...perfect. I checked for fuel...yep getting fuel. I checked for spark....yep getting spark. I checked for compression...yep fine there. I'm throwing no ecu error codes except an occasional code 20 which is the code for "electronic load sensor". Which means that I have bad grounding somewhere. But i've double and triple checked all that. I checked all the grounds on the valve cover, thermostat, and transmission. I even ground down to the metal with a grinding bit so that there was a perfect connection to the chassis with each ground.
So wut can it be?

I would also like to add that my battery light stays on. That is obviously because my alternator is bad...but it wasn't bad before the swap. Could it have gone bad through the continuous cranking over of the motor without it starting?
My battery keeps going dead when I keep trying to start it because the alternator isn't supplying the return current it needs. But even when I jump start my car to another car, my battery doesn't charge up. When I jump start my car to someone else's, my car just keeps turning over and after about 10 seconds you can smell the presence of fuel as if the cylinders are being flooded and theres no spark(although there is). I also did switch the yellow and green wires on the TPS in case you were wondering.

I've had code 20's in other swaps but I've fixed them before. I'm guessing that this code 20 is the only reason my car won't start. That's the very last thing I can think of.

I'm no newb when it comes to "honda-tuning" but for some reason...I can't get this car started...it baffles me and i'm frustrated because I'm supposed to be an "expert" at this kind of shit. I'm one of the local people that is known for honda swaps but this mpfi conversion has been the toughest one yet...

Please help me...and as i stated above, the person who posts the answer to my starting problems will recieve $50 dollars...on my word.

Here are the only problems I have:
Occasional code 20..........why?

Battery light stays on.........the alternator is bad but that shouldn't keep the car from starting.

Battery won't charge.....even when boosted to another car.

Thanks in advance
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