Car turning over but not starting (ECL Video)

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By Benj
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:53 pm #206342 hold up how does not having sparking and the connections to the starter have anything to do with each other?

please elaborate on a few things

a) car is or is not turning over?

b) do you or do you not have spark?

c) when you have the cap off the distributor does the rotor turn?

a few things to check..

a) the 3 main grounds that teal already mentioned. even if the front 2 are good make sure the one that bolts to the tstat make sure it is good

b) if you dont have spark could be, icm (ignitor), change rotor and cap.. check all plug wires, change if the look like crap

c)it the rotor doesnt turn could be a few things, timing belt broke, ( if thats the case i hope this isnt the Z6 you picked up ) , or the shaft broke in the dizzy

well Let us know what happens... Best of luck
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By andyc
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:54 pm #206343 Thanks mate, anyone else know what this ecl code is? Im really stuck and have a meet saturday with some civic-eg guys i dont want to miss... Cheers guys :(
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By andyc
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:07 pm #206344 Sorry for the repeat posts, im having to do this on my mobile and its fiddly... The engine definetly turns over and the rotor turns too. Ive replaced 2 earths and checked the one on the tstat. Theres definetly no spark. Ive changed the coil and rotor from another dizzy (not new but best i had to troubleshoot with) and still nothing. It used to take a while to start before it died, yesterday with jumper cables it nearly fired up and then nothing again so i left it, im assuming something might have gradually worn?
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By andyc
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:13 pm #206364 Where is that?
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By Benj
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:39 pm #206376 its in the dizzy

http://www.theautochannel.com/autoparts ... 899lvh.jpg

it would be where that flat part is... try replacing that its only held in by a few screws
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By Benj
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:12 pm #206379 umm better pic

http://www.hondacivicrepairs.com/views/ ... r-coil.JPG


its the ignitor unit on the left hand side
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By andyc
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:46 am #206418 I did have another of those and tried changing it out, it wasnt new but surely they both cant be screwed? Thatd be way too unlucky??
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By andyc
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:35 pm #206434 I did change it but the one i had to replace it with wasnt new and i hadnt seen it working before but its all i had... The original one is back in so im gonna charge the battery then earth a jumper cable and test for spark from the coil tonight and see what that gives me...
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By andyc
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:11 pm #206455 Someone must know what the ecl code means?? Its in a previous post...
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By asianrob
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:59 pm #206462 it looks like its throwing a code 10 which is IAT.
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By andyc
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:21 pm #206476 Cheers rob, any chance that could stop it sparking??
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By Torch_Ind
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:24 pm #206478
ANDYC wrote:Cheers rob, any chance that could stop it sparking??


intake air temp code shouldn't cause no spark
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By Benj
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:38 am #206510
Torch_Ind wrote:
ANDYC wrote:Cheers rob, any chance that could stop it sparking??


intake air temp code shouldn't cause no spark


x2...

how did the coil test go??
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