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I have a 2000 Civic Si, no major problems with it. Just changed my cap and rotor (honda parts), wires (NGK) and plugs (NGK Iridium power). I cleaned my battery a bit with some baking soda and water. I have been doing most of my own repairs for 20 years. The car started right up and ran smooth and while I was cleaning up and letting the ECU recalibrate (I had the neg battery wire off previously) the suddenly stopped running. I have not been able to start it since. It turns over real strong but acts like the thing has no spark or fuel.

I did leave off the internal safety shield that used to be in the cap since it made it hard to get at the rotor screw. I assume this just acted as a high voltage safety barrier for the mechanic but has no other function. I recall all the wiring looked real tight to the distributor body, so can't see any issue with leaving it off.

Help!

 
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re check all you did. take the dizzy cap off again check the rotor? did u drop the spark plugs in ? or did u place them in with the spark plug socket? pull those out the check.

 
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So see if it has spark and fuel.




Put it back, it was in there for a reason.
A missing coil shield can cause P1381 code.

 
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I was only able to get back to the car at the end of the day. I pulled the dist., the rotor looked fine. I took it off and put the shield back on. Had the neg terminal of the battery off in case the ECU needed to reset. Still does not start.

I put the plugs in with the socket, finger tight and then a half turn. I don't see anything wrong. I did notice that the spark coils only has a spring on it and was wondering if I dropped some other piece that would touch the terminal in the cap. After looking online it doesn't seem so.

I guess I'll buy an OBD-II reader and see if anything pops up.

Like I said, it ran for 5 mins real smooth so this is bizarre. I called my mechanic and he said the computer shouldn't shut things down if there is anything weird and the only thing he could think of is a broken rotor, which it is not.

The car has been running pretty well for years and I doubt something unrelated happened coincidentally.

Any other ideas????

 
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So, does it have spark and fuel?

 
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check for all the negatives to be on tight