jakejones410@webtv.net (Jake Jones) wrote in news:9530-4ADB1B7B-6306
@storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net:

>> Tegger wrote:
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>>> jakejones410@webtv.net (Jake Jones) wrote:
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>>> 1990 Integra no start,gets fuel(you can smell it),pulled cap,rotors
>>> turning,stuck a plug in the end of the sparkplug lead,no spark,battery
>>> seems fine and motor turns over good,I went to move the car about three
>>> hundred feet,went and did some stuff,came back and no start,it has been
>>> raining here the past 4 days think that might be contributing to
>>> it?,been running like a champ before that,I did notice the inside of
>>> the cap looked pretty cooked.
>>>
>>> vehicle is a 1990 Integra GS 5 speed,about 203k miles on it
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>> When you crank and the engine won't start, does the tach needle
>> jiggle ever so slightly, or is it dead-still?
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> ever so slightly,thanks for the quick response
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Then your igniter is OK and you're getting power to the ignition.

Just how old are the cap, rotor, and wires?

I'd suggest that your coil is bad, but your reported condition of the
distributor cap has me wondering. It's equally possible at this point that
current is simply leaking to ground through the distributor cap body. Are
there any black lines down the inside of the distributor cap? Any cracks?

By the way, _NEVER_ attempt to verify engine rotation by removing the
distributor cap and watching the rotor turn. Doing that will damage a good
coil and wreck a weak coil. If you want to make sure the engine is turning
when the starter is operated, just pull the oil filler cap and observe cam
rotation inside the filler neck.

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Tegger

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