Honda Car Forum

Got an 85' Civic sedan, and whenever it rains, the car won't start. After it
has a couple days to dry out, it runs fine. I don't SEE any moisture in the
distributor at all. Anyone else ever have/hear of this problem?

Sounds like you have a cracked distributor cap (you may not see water but it
might be there) or some crack insulation in the wiring. I would go ahead and
replace cap and maybe plug wires to. Doesn't this thing have an ignition
coil too? look there for moisture getting in.

I guess I should clarify something. It DOES have new cap, rotor, plugs and
wires on it. We actually have a couple of cars (both 85 Civics. One the
sedan, one a wagon) with the same problem. We have talked to a couple of
dealers, and they're even stumped on this one. Believe me, if I did
something like not change the cap, I wouldn't have bothered posting


<d> wrote in message news:bf996j$8sg$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net...
> Sounds like you have a cracked distributor cap (you may not see water but
it
> might be there) or some crack insulation in the wiring. I would go ahead
and
> replace cap and maybe plug wires to. Doesn't this thing have an ignition
> coil too? look there for moisture getting in.
>
>

Then say so next time...right up front.

HTH are we supposed to know what you did do or didn't do? People here
aren't mind readers.

John D.




"Mike Ilk" <mike@appletreephoto.com> wrote in message news:<vhjas09btqi857@corp.supernews.com>...
> I guess I should clarify something. It DOES have new cap, rotor, plugs and
> wires on it. We actually have a couple of cars (both 85 Civics. One the
> sedan, one a wagon) with the same problem. We have talked to a couple of
> dealers, and they're even stumped on this one. Believe me, if I did
> something like not change the cap, I wouldn't have bothered posting
>
>
> <d> wrote in message news:bf996j$8sg$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net...
> > Sounds like you have a cracked distributor cap (you may not see water but
> it
> > might be there) or some crack insulation in the wiring. I would go ahead
> and
> > replace cap and maybe plug wires to. Doesn't this thing have an ignition
> > coil too? look there for moisture getting in.
> >
> >

Sorry, I screwed up, I admit it

"John D." <jcdech@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e821bab6.0307191820.55fa3c93@posting.google.c om...
> Then say so next time...right up front.
>
> HTH are we supposed to know what you did do or didn't do? People here
> aren't mind readers.
>
> John D.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Ilk" <mike@appletreephoto.com> wrote in message
news:<vhjas09btqi857@corp.supernews.com>...
> > I guess I should clarify something. It DOES have new cap, rotor, plugs
and
> > wires on it. We actually have a couple of cars (both 85 Civics. One the
> > sedan, one a wagon) with the same problem. We have talked to a couple of
> > dealers, and they're even stumped on this one. Believe me, if I did
> > something like not change the cap, I wouldn't have bothered posting
> >
> >
> > <d> wrote in message news:bf996j$8sg$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > Sounds like you have a cracked distributor cap (you may not see water
but
> > it
> > > might be there) or some crack insulation in the wiring. I would go
ahead
> > and
> > > replace cap and maybe plug wires to. Doesn't this thing have an
ignition
> > > coil too? look there for moisture getting in.
> > >
> > >

You're not alone...we all do.

John D.



"Mike Ilk" <mike@appletreephoto.com> wrote in message news:<vho3guh98druae@corp.supernews.com>...
> Sorry, I screwed up, I admit it
>
> "John D." <jcdech@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e821bab6.0307191820.55fa3c93@posting.google.c om...
> > Then say so next time...right up front.
> >
> > HTH are we supposed to know what you did do or didn't do? People here
> > aren't mind readers.
> >
> > John D.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mike Ilk" <mike@appletreephoto.com> wrote in message
> news:<vhjas09btqi857@corp.supernews.com>...
> > > I guess I should clarify something. It DOES have new cap, rotor, plugs
> and
> > > wires on it. We actually have a couple of cars (both 85 Civics. One the
> > > sedan, one a wagon) with the same problem. We have talked to a couple of
> > > dealers, and they're even stumped on this one. Believe me, if I did
> > > something like not change the cap, I wouldn't have bothered posting
> > >
> > >
> > > <d> wrote in message news:bf996j$8sg$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > > Sounds like you have a cracked distributor cap (you may not see water
> but
> it
> > > > might be there) or some crack insulation in the wiring. I would go
> ahead
> and
> > > > replace cap and maybe plug wires to. Doesn't this thing have an
> ignition
> > > > coil too? look there for moisture getting in.
> > > >
> > > >