wtf?! car won't start.
 

drove it last night, and parked it in my driveway fine. just now i went outside to start it up -- nothing.

it seems like its cranking, but it's not catching.. could it be the starter?

just want to know a definite answer so i can repair what ever it is. TIA.

Check what reading are you getting off your battery. If its too weak, it wont be able turn the starter quick enough to start the car. If the battery has good juice, then it might be the starter. Bench test it and see if it works properly.

If you turn the key to the on position and have power, then turn it to start and everything goes off, maybe hear a click but nothing else, check ALL your grounds to make sure it isnt one of them before pulling out your starter. - take it from me, it was a pain in the arse.

And access to a Helms manual helps as well...

battery is fine, and im almost sure that all my grounds are fine as well, because nothing goes off when i turn the key.

my brother told me he smelled a lot of fuel when i tried cranking it again, so i ruled out a fuel pressure problem.. anything else?

Does it actually crank, or just click?

it cranks.. but it seems like its not catching.. hard to explain

can you hear the fuel pump turn on and off when you put it in the on position?

yea.

spark

no kidding!!! your engine can't run if you don't have fuel AND something to ignite the air/fuel mixture. Check for spark, pull a plug wire and hold it close to a ground while someone turns over the engine....if you have spark you'll see it. Don't hurt yourself now :yeah: ....and If you're starter's pooched and you have a manual tranny you can bumb start it to at least get you somewhere if you need to move your car.

timing belt???

If your car is cranking it's prob not the starter's cuz if the starter was shot u wouldn't hear anything. what it sounds like to me is your distributor, you might need a new rotor cuz the old one is prob not connecting right. i;m not 100% sure thats the prob but it's some where to start. let me know how it goes. and it is also possible that it could be the timming belt like someone eles said

It's funny, my friends R did the same thing last night, he pulled the wires and checked for spark, left no. 1 unplugged cranked it, it started and then a big puff of black smoke

I dought its the timing belt i would check my fuses first (ignition fuse) then jump start it for fun the extra charge may help.

If it was the timing belt you would hear a funny taping from the engine as the valves hit the pistions.

fuel pumps and timing problems like to happen while your driving so it can strand you (mostly but not allways)

i'd like to think it was the interer light left on over night or door not closed all the way

good luck :yeah:

probably the ignition coil, mine went 2 years ago, it is inside the distributor cap

*roll eyes*

...its the ignition coil.
change the coil, get a new distributor cap.

Cap, Rotor, Distributer Coil Or Igniter Is Blown. 100$ For a new coil, 130$ for a new igniter. Take off the distributer and take it to a mechanic who knows what their doing. takes 5 minutes to get it done, then hook it back up to your car..but make sure you dont ---- up your timing. very important.



Before doing that though. Take off one spark plug wire. take it off the spark plug NOT the distributer. now stick an extension in there * make sure it conducts* touch it to something ground on your car. get someone to turn the ignition. No spark means your coil is gone. Dont keep turning the motor over n over..It'll mess up your entire distributer.

thanks for all the help guys. it turned out the motor was flooded, it fired up after like 15 tries.

it was probably your MFR connections failling because of the heat, causing you to flood it. Common with aging hondas.

how do you know for sure that it's the ignition coil? it could be anything along the ignition lines, and as he said, his motor was flooded so it turned out not to be the ignition coil. *roll eyes x2*

I was just trying to be stupid... :P

is the car starting normal or did it do it again? my guess is the ignitor in the distributor is slowly failing

yo man, if the battery's giving you problems you know who to call...i'll get you another one if need be. although by what you've said it's fine right?

good luck on the starting!

i had the same problem but it was after it rained i eventually caught on and took my dis apart inspected my coil and saw a micro fine crack i replaced it with a blaster coil and dis cap and havent looked back since

also check ur dis rotor its only like 12 bucks to replace
call Overdrive in Newmarket 905 836 0600 for good prices tell Bernie that Rob sent you its on Younge just before Davis on the right side or east side

lol mission accomplished