"touch of grey" Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 So here's my problem. It won't start, even using starter fluid!?! 1990 civic dx 'dual point fuel injection system' Ran like a year and a half ago needed some stuff for inspection and didn't have the money or the time. Now I got the extra cash so I've been working on. Turns over, got spark, gets fuel, fresh fuel, checked bout everything I can think of and still nothing. Any ideas out there in Honda land? "Not a Honda guy but I kinda really know how to turn a wrench". Only if it said jeep on it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 If it won't start with fluid you have a spark or timing issue. Just because you have a spark doesn't mean proper spark. Distributors are a very common point of failure as are timing belts that have skipped a tooth due to age and the belt hardening and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diller Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I can't help with your problem but I feel I'm kinda in the same boat. I've been wrenching on my 96 xj for years and I just bout a suped up little turbo 98 civic. Right now the transmission light is on on the civic and my scan tool won't work due to a secondary ECU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Transmission light? There is your problem. Who puts a turbo on an auto? A 98 civic does not have a secondary ECU. It is possible the person who installed the turbo might have replaced the ECU with something other than stock or they modified it with a POS eBay reprogramming chip. If that is the case I would start by going out and getting the correct ECU for your engine, just turn down the boost for now till you get normal operation sorted out. Once the car is running properly you should look into a proper engine management system, like Hondata (or others) and have the car properly tuned at a shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diller Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I guess my ECU is a civic ECU it just has a chip in it apparently for the turbo and its been converted to OBD 1 for some reason. Now I'm going to look up how to read OBD1 codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The chip in your ECU is doubtful that it is for your turbo. Unless it is a branded engine management tool what you have likely just removes the fuel cutout and changes the vtec engagement rpm. Both are not very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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