zantrick Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Hello everyone '-'/ I am tring to figure out what is up with my civic. It has been sitting for a coupke months, because one day my wife brings it home and turns it off. I go start it and it would start and then run for a sec and turn off. It would do this all day. I was told distributor or fuel pump relay. I replaced the distriutor today and now I cant get it to even start.. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Have you verified the timing is still on? Belt is not loose or did not skip a tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zantrick Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 Didnt check, but like i said before i changed the distriputor it would start just turn off right after that, and now it wont start at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow-sulu Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I have a 91 civic with almost the exact same issue. I was driving to the bank after work a few days ago and it just died. While still coasting I was able to start it back up and I made it back home. The next morning I went out to start it and warm it up, it started, I went back inside for about 10 min, I came back out and the engin was off. I tried starting it back up and it will crank, start, and then die immediately. I can get it to stay running for about 2-3 seconds by mashing the gas when I start it. I have checked pump and filter and they are good. I have a very knowledgable brother in law that is 99% sure it's the intake air temp sensor. It's about $25 where I'm at and I have to order it so I don't know if that will fix it (yet). When I was calling around I had 1 guy tell me that he doesn't think its the sensor, he thinks it's the distributor. If you replaced your distributor then I'm leaning towards no. I had a different guy tell me that it does sound like a sensor but it could be any of 4 sensors in that area ( iats, tps, mafs, or 1 more that I can't think of right now ). I'm thinking I'm going to try the iats just because by brother in law has fixed everything I've ever known him to work on. It might be a couple of days but I will post back weather it worked or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow-sulu Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 You may need to adjust your timing. If you replace tour distributor you need to check timing. And if you say it won't even start now then it makes sense that your timing is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 does it run well when it does start or does it cough and die? it could be an ignition switch issue if it dies but runs fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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