Ryanperrella
New Member
Hello wise Honda guys
I have yet another problem with my 1990 civic Si
It refuses to start and I believe the problem to be ignition related.
I had a previous intermittent problem when the car wouldnt start on some warm days. This was correctly diagnosed as a faulty fuel injection relay. That was replaced and the car ran fine.
This latest episode came about when I tried to start the car and it fired up, ran for about a second then quit. It seemed to be fuel related as it initially fired then died. But after trying starter fluid I have not been able to get the thing to fire at all.
So I looked at the plugs which are about 2 years old and when I pulled them there was a large amount of oil in 2 of the 4 holes so the valve cover gasket must be replace. That will need to wait but in the meantime I pulled all the plugs thinking the oil soaked plugs could be cleaned and reinstalled and I should get the thing to fire up.
I pulled the plugs, cleaned out the holes as best I could and sprayed the plugs with brake clean and shot some brake clean down the plug holes and left them open to dry out. I spun the starter for a few seconds sans plugs to get out any residual moisture from the combustion chamber.
I left the car for a couple hours thinking everything was as dry as it was going to be and i reinstalled the plugs, reattached the wires and still nothing. It wont fire at all.
I have had the car less than a year and 2 years ago the previous owner had nearly all the ignition components replaced. Wires, distributor and so on were all replaced by the honda dealer.
Is there some other electrical component that could have failed suddenly prior to a start where I would have gotten the start than die symptom that i described at the beginning. Some ignition relay that is a common problem perhaps.
I am not familiar with these cars and bought the thing thinking it would just run run run and I wouldn't have to play with the thing. But this has been the most unreliable car I think i've had. Which is ironic considering its relatively simple.
Please help. Im alone and unable to pull the plug and test if there is actually spark but I will do that to verify the no spark issue.
Am i also right in assuming that because the starter fluid wouldn't get even a slight firing that the fuel system is not the culprit here?
I have yet another problem with my 1990 civic Si
It refuses to start and I believe the problem to be ignition related.
I had a previous intermittent problem when the car wouldnt start on some warm days. This was correctly diagnosed as a faulty fuel injection relay. That was replaced and the car ran fine.
This latest episode came about when I tried to start the car and it fired up, ran for about a second then quit. It seemed to be fuel related as it initially fired then died. But after trying starter fluid I have not been able to get the thing to fire at all.
So I looked at the plugs which are about 2 years old and when I pulled them there was a large amount of oil in 2 of the 4 holes so the valve cover gasket must be replace. That will need to wait but in the meantime I pulled all the plugs thinking the oil soaked plugs could be cleaned and reinstalled and I should get the thing to fire up.
I pulled the plugs, cleaned out the holes as best I could and sprayed the plugs with brake clean and shot some brake clean down the plug holes and left them open to dry out. I spun the starter for a few seconds sans plugs to get out any residual moisture from the combustion chamber.
I left the car for a couple hours thinking everything was as dry as it was going to be and i reinstalled the plugs, reattached the wires and still nothing. It wont fire at all.
I have had the car less than a year and 2 years ago the previous owner had nearly all the ignition components replaced. Wires, distributor and so on were all replaced by the honda dealer.
Is there some other electrical component that could have failed suddenly prior to a start where I would have gotten the start than die symptom that i described at the beginning. Some ignition relay that is a common problem perhaps.
I am not familiar with these cars and bought the thing thinking it would just run run run and I wouldn't have to play with the thing. But this has been the most unreliable car I think i've had. Which is ironic considering its relatively simple.
Please help. Im alone and unable to pull the plug and test if there is actually spark but I will do that to verify the no spark issue.
Am i also right in assuming that because the starter fluid wouldn't get even a slight firing that the fuel system is not the culprit here?