Im a newbie and that owns a 94 Honda Civic DX coupe. The car drove fine but now it stalled on me one night on my way home. I managed to get it home that night but the next day the car just cranks but wont start. I searched the boards and found some posters with similar issues and the general feedback from my research shows issues with the main relay and the dizzy. I checked the main relay and I get all 3 normal clicks so no issues there. I replaced the dizzy wit a used one from tha salvage yard still cranks and no start. I also checked to see if timing belt slipped/broke and the timing belt is fine no broken teeth and the cam turns over. I also checked tha fuel pump and it also works fine. Lastly there is no check engine light on in the car. Im stumped and really need some help! If yall can be so gracious as to provide some feedback on what my issue might be id appreciate it. Thank ya!

 

Check to see that you have a minimum of 30KV of ignition spark. If you don't, it's ignition related on the secondary side. If there is no spark, just the primary circuit.

 

thanks for your reply chris_v2. How do I do that? Anyone here in tha Pickering/Ajax area that might be able to help me wit this?

 

Either purchase a spark tester capable of doing that. Or take an old spark plug and jump the gap to how far you can. It won't be 30kv, but it'll be close.

 

Thanx again for your input.


Its quite surprising given the 30+ views of my thread that no-one else but you have chimed in with some feedback on my problem.

 

That's because Chris is the ****.

 

out of gas?

Check all of your grounds (tranny to frame rail, valve cover area to front rad support area and the one of the thermostat housing) if they look dirty/corroded take some sand paper and sand it down so they're clean.