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Old Dec 24, 2009
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91 Civic DX help

i am having issues with it starting. it won't start at all. i have checked the timing, coil, new distrib cap, rotor, plugs and wires, and the compression seems to be good. it gets plenty of fuel. it has me dumb founded. any ideas?
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Re: 91 Civic DX help

does it turn or not?
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Re: 91 Civic DX help

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i am having issues with it starting. it won't start at all. i have checked the timing, coil, new distrib cap, rotor, plugs and wires, and the compression seems to be good. it gets plenty of fuel. it has me dumb founded. any ideas?
does it turn? does it fire? do you hear fuel pump prime when you turn the key (not all the way to start position) details please
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Re: 91 Civic DX help

the engine does turn. i have blue spark from the plug wires. new plugs. the fuel pump does run. main relay checked fine. no codes from the computer. still lost on what it could be
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Re: 91 Civic DX help

Check this post.

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/7...elllp-plz.html
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Re: 91 Civic DX help

probed the negative terminal on the coil to body ground and it shows the negative terminal havin power. is this good or bad.

UPDATE...took the igniter to autozone to be checked. tested good. pick up coil is fried in the dizzy so i need a new one

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