Honda Car Forum

My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights came on
and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants to start but it
just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car for work as I live out
of town.

joffrebabe wrote:
> My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights came on
> and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants to start but it
> just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car for work as I live out
> of town.

Could be many things. Rather than bouncing questions back and forth,
delaying you even more, check out www.tegger.com
Check out the section on not starting.

If you then are still stuck, report back.

Remco

In article <1132111963.445989.284440@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
whybcuz@yahoo.com says...
>
> joffrebabe wrote:
> > My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights came on
> > and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants to start but it
> > just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car for work as I live out
> > of town.
>
> Could be many things. Rather than bouncing questions back and forth,
> delaying you even more, check out www.tegger.com
> Check out the section on not starting.
>
> If you then are still stuck, report back.
>
> Remco

...but go buy a new ignitor anyway.

--Gene

joffrebabe wrote:
>
> My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights came on
> and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants to start but it
> just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car for work as I live out
> of town.


---------------------

Please clarify . . you say engine won't 'turn over' but still sounds
like it wants to start ? ? ? You mean it's turning over but not firing
up? Was it moving at the time? Was it sitting long before you tried to
start again? What's the mileage and what year was the timing belt last
replaced? If you're the least bit handy, open the oil filler cap and
look inside to see if anything moves inside while you 'turn over' the
engine. You'll need a flashlight. Don't use a match or you'll be asking
for help at another newsgroup :-(

'Curly'

Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> In article <1132111963.445989.284440@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
> whybcuz@yahoo.com says...
> >
> > joffrebabe wrote:
> > > My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights came on
> > > and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants to start but it
> > > just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car for work as I live out
> > > of town.
> >
> > Could be many things. Rather than bouncing questions back and forth,
> > delaying you even more, check out www.tegger.com
> > Check out the section on not starting.
> >
> > If you then are still stuck, report back.
> >
> > Remco
>
> ..but go buy a new ignitor anyway.
>
True -- that could very well be the cause, but without even looking at
it, it would be impossible to say that.
I wouldn't want him to run out and get an $80 ignitor to find out that
just a fuse is blown...

Just go through the suggestions. You'll figure it out.

Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> In article <1132111963.445989.284440@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
> whybcuz@yahoo.com says...
>>
>> joffrebabe wrote:
>>> My 1990 Honda Civic stalled and now won't start.No warning lights
>>> came on and there was no previous trouble.It sounds like it wants
>>> to start but it just won't turn over.Please help me. I need my car
>>> for work as I live out of town.
>>
>> Could be many things. Rather than bouncing questions back and forth,
>> delaying you even more, check out www.tegger.com
>> Check out the section on not starting.
>>
>> If you then are still stuck, report back.
>>
>> Remco
>
> ..but go buy a new ignitor anyway.

An ignitor won't stop the engine turning over! It sounds like the battery
can't supply enough ummph or the starter motor is not turning over.

As Remco said - check out the FAQ site - highly recommended.

--
Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ PGM-FI page updated, Graphics Tutorial
WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex
Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps
Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter.

tire oil too low?

I had just driven it all over town, then it acted like it was going to
stall just when I pulled into the gas station,it did stall, so i put gas
in it and then tried to start it. No luck? The engine is turning over but
won't fire.The year is 1990, the mileage is 290,000kms and I don't know
when the timing belt was replaced, just bought it at end of Aug.

You gotta dive in here and start doing some checking.

Have you tried to start the car since it first stalled? If
not, please try again right now.

To check the timing belt, have an assistant try to start the
car and then do what Curly said: With a flashlight and
peering into the oil filler cap hole, look for movement.
Report back.

The next candidates for this year Honda are the igniter and
coil, both part of the distributor assembly. Are you handy
or not? You first want to check for spark. Google if you
don't know how. If there's no spark, then there are tests
you can do on the igniter that should nail whether it's
failed or not. Post whether you want more info on these
tests. The coil is a little trickier but since they tend to
go slowly, I don't think it's the coil. Start with the
igniter tests.

You should consider a complete replacement of the following,
since you don't know their age and they're all due within a
few years, anyway, and you don't want them interfering with
your diagnosis efforts above:
Air filter
Fuel filter
Spark plugs
Ignition wires
Distributor Cap
Distributor Rotor

Buy only OEM for all of these, except the air filter.

Lastly for now, since you don't know the age of the timing
belt, soon you should replace it. Failure of timing belts
can do expensive damage to your car's engine.


--
Honda home studies: http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness
--


"joffrebabe" <xmaskandy2@hotmail.com> wrote
> I had just driven it all over town, then it acted like it
was going to
> stall just when I pulled into the gas station,it did
stall, so i put gas
> in it and then tried to start it. No luck? The engine is
turning over but
> won't fire.The year is 1990, the mileage is 290,000kms and
I don't know
> when the timing belt was replaced, just bought it at end
of Aug.

Thanx Elle, my hubby did the timing belt test and seems ok.he would like
more info on how to check the coil and igniter. Thanx again.