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06-26-2003, 03:58 AM
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noob question: My car gets NO Power!! HELP
OK here goes. I'm new to this board so be gentle. I got a 94 Civic EX Coupe (D16Z6 engine). I was cleaning my engine bay with some gunk Engine Brite, and I covered up the distributor and air intake and electrical components and stuff, then sprayed the engine down. I let it dry off, then tried to start it and NOTHING. No Power, No Sounds... Nothing when the key is turned. Is it something with the ignition or is it electrical? Someone please help me! What did I do? Any ideas?
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06-26-2003, 04:05 AM
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Sounds like electrical to me. Make sure the battery stuff is all hooked up and tight.
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06-26-2003, 12:53 PM
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Re: noob question: My car gets NO Power!! HELP
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but really I was going to do the same thing to make things under the hood pretty, but decided I didn't have time last week... maybe I won't do it  I got the engine cleaning spray on foam(smells like paint thiner)
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06-27-2003, 11:29 PM
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check your battery posts, 1 if the cables are attached and 2 that they are not covered in that white shit that gets on em. scrape that stuff off so your + and - wires have a good connection.
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06-28-2003, 01:37 PM
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syn0s--does your dash borad lights up when you turn the key to the first click?
check to see if you have water inside your distributor cap?
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06-29-2003, 09:19 PM
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nope
Tofuboy - That's a big negative. When I turn the key.. Absolutely nothing happens. No lights on the dashboard... No electrical systems (you can't hear em start up).. Nothing. Very Strange. Thinkin its the fuse, battery or water got in the distributor. Any other ideas? Thanks a ton guys.
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#8
06-30-2003, 01:22 AM
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pop your hood let it sit in the sunlight for a couple hours?????? try and dry some things up.
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06-30-2003, 01:44 AM
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syn0s--Did you disconnect the battery cable before you start spraying water or engine cleaner in the engine bay?
If so, did you reconnnect the battery terminals? If you did not disconnect the battery cable, I afraid you may have fried some electrical systems. Do you have a volt meter to check to see if the battery has somewhere about 12.6V?
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06-30-2003, 04:20 AM
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07-01-2003, 04:13 AM
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Most serious off-roaders spray their caps with WD40. WD40 displaces water , and is pretty much inert , so it won't catch fire. I learned that trick long ago , from driving old Fords thru deep puddles........
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07-02-2003, 09:49 PM
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yeah, i don't think he was planning on going thru that deep of water, but we egged him on, it was fun tryin to work on it in a huge puddle/pond because no one felt like hookin up the tow straps lol.
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07-03-2003, 07:02 AM
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I used to do car detailing, and of course cleaning engine bay's is part of that. I'd say most likely you got water inside of the distributor cap. You can try taking it apart and letting it dry out.
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07-03-2003, 10:02 AM
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so is this problem been solved yet or what?
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