- Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:48 am
#103128
i have a d15b7. the other day i was driving, coming out of a roundabout, and gave it a little gas. the car got up to 40mph, then just died. all of the electronics were working, so i thought that the throttle cable had just broken or come off. when the car stopped rolling, i noticed that the car was actually shut off. i tried to start the car and it just cranked, but never started. i towed the car home and started checking fuses, they are all fine. next thing i did was pull spark plugs. they are a golden brown color and look fine. when i held them against the block and had my wife crank the engine, there was no spark from any of them. i then checked the distributor. there was rust colored dust in the cap and the posts had white powder on them. i cleaned them and tried again, still nothing. do you think this is the problem? or is it something else?
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:18 pm
#103184
Keep tracing back the spark and find your problem. The coil and ignitor on Hondas are prone to failure. They can be checked with a digital volt meter. DVOM will cost you about $20. The repair manual will cost you about $15. You really want to make sure and confirm that the parts are bad before you replace them.
When you were cranking with the spark plugs removed, did you smell fuel in the combustion chamber?