Jaritt Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hi, so my car will start it's a 89 civic with the 1.5L throttle body. The ECU is giving me code 1 (O2 sensor) and code 16 (fuel injector) Ive read a lot on google and they say it's the main relay but i just bought a main relay because it wouldn't even start before. when i put the new relay in it still wouldn't start so i took the injectors out and just tapped them a little with a screw driver put them back in and it started. but now when i give it gas it either stops at a certain RPM or wont rev at all and die. I ran fuel injector cleaner threw it and it runs slightly better but still not drivable in town. Could the O2 sensor cause this behavior? Any advice? I don't want to buy injectors if I dont have to, I've already put a lot of money into this car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raley Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 try to get some used injectors or send them out to get rebuilt... o2 wont cause most of those problems but you should pribably get that crap fixed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 all right thanks man, right now i just have to injectors sitting in some injector cleaner, I just want to do anything i can before i spend more money. so you're thinkin it's the injectors then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raley Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 most likely... i guess it could be low pressure in the system or possibly the filter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 well I also replaced the filter same time i replaced the relay :/ hopefully it's better tomorrow I'll give an update if your interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raley Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 yes, let us know, we get lots of questions with little response, either we are really good and helped them or we are bad and they don't wanna come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 haha ok I'll leave a reply let you know what happened ASAP, I just had to go out of town for the weekend with short notice so haven't been able to work on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 you dont think it could be a compression problem do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 are you smoking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 ok so i got some rebuilt fuel injectors, car still won't run seems like it's only getting worse.... and yeah DelSol it actually just started throwin blue smoke about a week ago. Pulled plugs out looks like there might be oil on the plugs, or the car is getting to much gas. I've read on google that sometimes the ECU can malfunction and feed the car to much gas. Any Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 blue smoke is typically oil.. and if there is oil on you plugs its getting in there somehow could be seals in the head or rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 ok thanks, still doesn't solve the not running problem though.... This car sure has been a pain in my ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 actually it would.. if your combustion chamber doesnt have compression and is full of crap it wont run right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 ok well I have a compression gauge I'll check it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Car is fixed and running good, thank you Raley it did need injectors. why it didn't run after the injectors.... Car was out of gas lol! and thank you DelSolSweetie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 lol did you find out how oil was getting into the cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaritt Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 well I've studied some google if you know what i mean, and every one I've read sais the same thing you do, so i will be replacing those, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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