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please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
think?

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"mcgyversteve" <none@000.com> wrote in message
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> please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
> started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
> she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
> not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
> not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
> think?
>
>
Not a lot to go on, but the major suspects for "no spark" are few. Read over
the whole "Starting/Running problems" section at
http://tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun for a good run-down. I favor
the ignitor having failed (because it happened to my daughter's '93 Accord),
but I wouldn't rule out the coil.

Mike

mcgyversteve wrote:
> please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
> started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
> she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
> not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
> not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
> think?
>
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You won't get spark if the timing belt broke. Easy to check by looking
into the oil filler hole and spin the engine.

'Curly'

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:43:41 -0700, Michael Pardee wrote:

> "mcgyversteve" <none@000.com> wrote in message
> news:953828_3cd908ba7ffbb8642a86d32e7cb7d238@autob oardz.com...
>> please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
>> started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
>> she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
>> not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
>> not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
>> think?
>>
>>
> Not a lot to go on, but the major suspects for "no spark" are few. Read over
> the whole "Starting/Running problems" section at
> http://tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun for a good run-down. I favor
> the ignitor having failed (because it happened to my daughter's '93 Accord),
> but I wouldn't rule out the coil.
>
> Mike

My experience in this matter is all detroit steel, but every time this has
happened to me, it was a coil.

The ignitor seems to be sort of common for the Hondas, so I would inspect
both...

mcgyversteve <none@000.com> wrote in news:953828_
3cd908ba7ffbb8642a86d32e7cb7d238@autoboardz.com:

> please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
> started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
> she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
> not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
> not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
> think?
>


When you crank, does the tach needle jiggle a teeny tiny bit?

If NOT, the igniter is shot.

If YES, the coil is bad.

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The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

the timing belt is good, any more ideas. i need some type of trouble
shooting procedures

"motsco_" wrote
> mcgyversteve wrote:
> > please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a
> ladie who
> > started it went in the house and forgot she left the car
> running, when
> > she returned it had stopped and it has not started again
> since. it did
> > not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and
> it does
> > not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire.
> what do you
> > think?
> >
> =================================
>
> You won't get spark if the timing belt broke. Easy to check by
> looking
> into the oil filler hole and spin the engine.
>
> 'Curly'

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"mcgyversteve" <none@000.com> wrote in message
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> the timing belt is good, any more ideas. i need some type of trouble
> shooting procedures.
>
Does TeGGeR's test of watching the tach show the tach jumping or just lying
there?

Also, see where this leads you:
http://tegger.com/hondafaq/startproblems.html

Mike

Did you get it fixed. I just saw this question. I had the same
problem. It is a simple fix but if it is working no need to go into
it.

Joe

"mcgyversteve" wrote
> the timing belt is good, any more ideas. i need some type of
> trouble shooting procedures.

i did temporarly get it fixed. i bought another distridutor from ebay
and put it in and the car started right up. i drove it about 3 miles
and it ran great! pulled in the driveway, reached for the key to shut
it off, before i even touched the key it died and would not restart. i
check for spark....no spark again! please let me know what you did for
your car!! Thank you thank you

"joelp37" wrote
> Did you get it fixed. I just saw this question. I had the
> same problem. It is a simple fix but if it is working no need
> to go into it.
>
> Joel

On Feb 5, 3:25 pm, mcgyversteve <n...@000.com> wrote:
> i did temporarly get it fixed. i bought another distridutor from ebay
> and put it in and the car started right up. i drove it about 3 miles
> and it ran great! pulled in the driveway, reached for the key to shut
> it off, before i even touched the key it died and would not restart. i
> check for spark....no spark again! please let me know what you did for
> your car!! Thank you thank you.
>
> "joelp37" wrote:
>
> > Did you get it fixed. I just saw this question. I had the
> > same problem. It is a simple fix but if it is working no need
> > to go into it.
> >
> > Joel

How old are the plug wires? A new set might just be what you need.