jim beam wrote:
> fascion wrote:
>> I've posted this question before, and tried all of the suggestions with
>> no luck, so here I am again.
>>
>> 1995 Honda Civic LX, manual transmission, fuel injected, 150k mi
>>
>> The engine was running rough this spring, so it was figured that one of
>> the cylinders wasn't firing. To test which was the dead cylinder, the
>> plug wires were pulled one at a time. Pulled #1 wire, engine died, #1
>> not the culprit. Put wire 1 back in, started engine back up, pulled #2
>> wire, engine died, #2 not the culprit. Put wire 2 back in, and the
>> engine never started again. Engine cranked over and over and over but
>> would not start. Didn't even try. Pulled engine, a valve was blown, put
>> in new valves, new rings, new alternator, new clutch, reinstalled
>> engine, all new fluids, all connections hooked up. Still, cranks
>> forever but does not start.
>>
>> -All cylinders have compression.
>> -All plugs are firing.
>> -Fuel pump engages when key turned on.
>> -Cylinders are getting gas.
>> -Timing just reset to perfect
>>
>> If my new alternator was bad, would that prevent the car from starting?
>> Is it possible my ECU is fried?
>> Is it possible there is fuel but no air coming in?
>> Would a bad ground prevent the car from starting?
>> Is it possible something else was fried when the plug wires were
>> pulled?
>>
>> Pleeeeeeeease someone's gotta help me here, that Civic was my baby!
>>
> firing sequence is 1-3-4-2. #1 on the distributor is bottom left if
> you're standing at the passenger fender looking end on.

and rotor rotation is clockwise.