help my 96 wont start

[jokers_toy]

i just droped a 97 non vetec engain in my 96 lx the new motor has just 60,000 miles on it and is a good clean motor but it wont start the starter will turn over but it wont go. i moved the piston to TDC and the dis on #1 to ddo the timing but stell noting i have checked the grounds and plugs do i have something wrong or backwards please help i need it running for the summer trip i want to take

p.s i have gas and spark thanks

[wheel1856]

Check to make sure all your O2 sensors and the like are plugged into the right spot. I know that sounds like a "duh" response - but I had the same thing about a year ago, confounded the mechanics for hours, switched one set of O2 plugs...vrroom. go figure.

[jokers_toy]

really o2 sensors may i just figed if the o2 ant working or pluged in the car would run crappy not start well i hate to buy new ones but if i have to i will thanks i dont think my fuel injectors are coming on i get fule to the rail but that is it i can shoot starting spray down the intake and it starts right up

[wheel1856]

who said anything about buying new ones....

swap the plugs around a bit - the sensors in the front right off the manifold have the same harness plug, easy to get confused. If they aren't plugged into the right spot, the ecu gets the wrong read, and ppbbtthhfff.

got all your wires and plugs in the right spot?
are all the ingnition wires connected?
blow any fuses on the first crank?
vaccum hoses all connected?
is the battery good?
is the distributor clean?
is the alternator in working condition?
are the pulleys lubed? - sometimes they get some corrosion and rust after sitting for a while and get stuck (at least, they do on Dodge Dusters...long story)
did you feed the gremlins that live in the engine? you didn't get them wet did you?

a million and one things could be the cause brutha...just be patient, take your time, check everything twice. Make up a checklist, go through it, calmly and thoroughly...most mechanic's mistakes are made when they get tired and frustrated and it's always something dumb.

good luck

[jokers_toy]

thanks a bunch ya i have to buy new ones(right ones) cuz i just grabed some out of the junk yard to to see so i dont have the right ones and that may be it it starts just fine if i spray ether down the intake fires right i dont think the fule injectors are opening i changed the pgc-fi relay and that ant it i will get the right O2 sensors next thanks

[96civicLX]

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