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Co worker played a prank now my car wont start up. HELP!!!

PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:55 am
by 93 honda civic
Hi there i own a 93 civic sedan stock everything except for a short ram air intake. anyways my boss played a prank on me, he decided to disconnect two spark plug wires that were connected to the distributor. So i go and try to start up my car and it starts but then it started choking immeditely and turns off completely. So i try to start it again but all it does is just turn and no start. I plug the wires back in but it still wont start. I have no idea what it is. Ive made sure everything is plugged in the same spot and correctly. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!

PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:31 am
by JUICE
re-check all connections and unplug the battery for a minute to re-set the ecu... see if that helps

PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:36 am
by 93 honda civic
i already tried that still hasnt start. thanks tho

PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:51 pm
by teal_dx
sounds like firing order is off, try swapping the 2 wires he unplugged

PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:57 pm
by 93 honda civic
alright i found out the problem and fixed it. now my car is in running order once again. It was the distributor module. I guess it got burnt out when the wires were unplugged. Bought a whole new distributor for 200 dollars. Now she fires up even better than before. and for sures im having my boss reimburse me.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:30 am
by Punksz6
thats good that u got it back and running!!! :thumb: I would do it to his car!! :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:19 am
by Boban
good to hear you got it running, i had a similar issue. Bought some 10mm leads (second hand) and 2 came off the dizzy while i was driving. Car started running rough and finally stalled. I had no idea what was up so i kept cranking it trying to start it and burned out the dizzy as a result. Same solution as yours, new dizzy and now she starts better than ever :0