WTF do I do now?

[ci5ic]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Sorry, had to vent... I got my new ignitor in the mail today (thanks Jmunk), and threw it in, and that bitch still won't start!. I'm so pissed off. Guess I'm going to have to chase down all the wiring between the ignition switch and the coil, ignitor, and tach to see if I can find the fucking problem.

[kris]

That sucks.

[MyFirst4G]

Originally posted by kris
That sucks.

werd.......... sorry for this useless post......

[gunnmen01]

dude that sucks, is it geting spark ?


gunnmen01

[plkelley]

Whats it doing....were's the original post...maybe were having the same problem, mine wont start either

[91civicDXdude]

Coil?

[ci5ic]

Okay, the original problem was that I fried the ignition switch.

Picked up a new one at the junkyard, replaced the fried one... still wouldn't start, decided that the ignition switch was just a symptom of some other problem... (oh, also, when my switch fried, I noticed my tach was jumping, like it was shorting out) No fuses were blown, and the ECU didn't throw any codes.

Checked the Helms manual, and found that when the car is running, the wires that were fried on the ignition switch are connected to the coil and the ignitor and the battery. Put a volt meter on the ignition wires, and they seemed okay, all had a positive voltage with the key in the on position (which lead me to believe that the wires themselves weren't shorted).

Replaced the coil, and the car still wouldn't start.

Replaced the ignitor, and it still wouldn't start...

That's pretty much where I'm at now... I don't think I'm getting spark, but I haven't been able to check because I don't have anyone to help me... Also, I'm smelling un-burnt gas when I try and start it.

I may try to replace the whole dizzy and see if that helps... I'd rather not though, because I'm going to have to turn around and buy a new dizzy for my d16y8 in a few months.

Any ideas would really help.

[ci5ic]

Oh, and my main relay was replaced not too long ago, so I'm pretty damn sure that that's not it.

[dx_tuner]

tell someone to crank it over and pull out one of the plugs and place on a metal part of you car and check to see if its sparking and if it is sparking and it still won't start get in the car and turn the key on and see if you hear a click and if you don't then you main relay is probably bad but I would check it anyways cause sometimes the solder will crack on one of the prongs or whatever. Thats what was wrong with my car and I had replaced the coil, dist. and it was the dam relay that was bad.

[Dark Syde Racer]

had the same prob on my 87 CRX si....didnt know what was wrong with it until i pulled the fuses....looked at the metal ones (the long flat ones not the ones inside the car...found out i had a small crack on one that caused this problem...just a suggestion

[RedRacerCivic]

make sure the ignitor is grounded properly, when i replaced the ignitor, i didnt tighten the outside 8?MM bolt inide the diz tight enough and didnt have good ground and would not start.

[kris]

Another way to check spark, if you are alone. Is hook a timing light up. Just trigger the gun while sitting and cranking the car. No light = no spark.

[ci5ic]

Originally posted by kris
Another way to check spark, if you are alone. Is hook a timing light up. Just trigger the gun while sitting and cranking the car. No light = no spark.

I'll check the main relay in the morning... what a bitch man... and my Jeep STILL ain't working either... doesn't really matter though, my license is suspended right now anyways...

Damn me and my procrastination.

[Melt]

Originally posted by ci5ic
my license is suspended right now anyways...

Please........ elaborate.