Skaterforeva1

Okay guys so this civic has me stumped. I bought it and it was very hard to start and sputtered once it did and it slowly stopped starting. I have replaced the ignition coil, icm, cap, rotor, plugs, timing belt, and headgasket. I also checked fuel pressure from the filter and it read around 35psi. The compression was 120-130psi on all 4. I have checked an it is getting fuel and spark. It will not even sputter when I try starting fluid but does sputter like its going to start when I play with the gas pedal. It did seem like it blew some starting fluid back out of the intake manifold though. I am stumped. Any ideas?

1998 Civic EX
D16y8

Colin42

timing off by a tooth?

ezone

clogged cat or exhaust?

mac25

First check the actual cylinder end of the combustion cycle.

-Do a dummy check for all fuses and grounds, plus a volt test on the battery (or a load test if you can)

-pull the plug wires and look for spark.
-pull an injector and look for fuel, or at least smell the cylinders for fuel/look at plug end.
-also check to see if the cylinders are flooded with fuel

-pull the air filter box to see if squirrels jammed it up with squirrel bedding.

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Once you can tell us if it is ignition, fuel or air, we can help a bit more.