Dunno about the codes (engine flooded now?) but based on a lot of
reading here and experience with my own 1991 Civic LX sedan, the
leading causes of early 1990s Civics not starting (but the distributor
rotor turns) are:

1.
Failed distributor ignitor. How old is the current one? They last
maybe 100k miles. The following sites are helpful on the subject:

http://www.markl.f9.co.uk/howto/elec...er/igniter.htm

www.autozone.com click on the links to the free repair guides. Put in
your car's info. Go to engine electrical, distributor, etc. for some
checks you can do on the ignitor.

2.
Failed main relay. But you say you hear the fuel pump running, so I'd
lean towards 1. Also, it's usually an intermittent problem: The car is
drivine for awhile, stopped, then won't start for awhile, then after
sitting it will start.

Updates welcome, for the archives.

Good luck.

"vincin" <vincin63@yahoo.com> wrote
> I'm working on my buddy's civic and having some trouble figuring
what's
> wrong. The car was running ok until he came out of the store and it
> wouldn't start. After having it towed to my house I started to check
> things over. His mechanic said it was the timing belt. Sounds like
all
> mechanics. I pulled the distributor and tried to start the motor to
see if
> the rotor turned. It did. I'm guessing that the timing belt is ok. I
pulled
> the spark plug to check for spark. I got spark. I checked the fuel
pump
> inside the gas tank and can hear it running. I checked the fuel
lines
> coming into the manifold for flow and pressure, Its OK. I finally
read the
> codes off the computer. I got a #16) fuel injector system & #17)
VSS
> error code. Now the kicker is when I try to start the car it just
turns
> and turns. Now if I pump the gas pedal as fast as I can the motor
all but
> starts. As soon as I stop pumping, the engine dies. I then put some
gas
> into the carburetor and tried starting the motor, no luck with that.
This
> 91 civic hatchback DX has about 160,000 mile and the 91 model has a
PGM-FI
> system on it. Any Ideals....


(Carburetor and PGM-FI? That's a post-o, isn't it?)