Hey guys, it was me with the cure for the "gurgles." Every time I hit a "won't start" problem the first thing that comes to mind is DISTRIBUTOR. Check your rotor- the aftermarket rotors come with a flimsy screw and I mean FLIMSY. The screw is supposed to lock the rotor to it's mark, but the cheap ones don't and the screw falls out allowing the rotor to slip. The "gurgle" is the rotor coming around here & there randomly firing one of the cylinders usually at bottom dead center.
After installing an after-market rotor (dang things were back-ordered at the dealer), I was still able to move the rotor +/- several degrees with the screw somewhat tight. I centered the rotor best I could, locked it down hard, then dabbled a little silicone on the screw to keep it from falling out, then had to set the timing by feel (hard to describe but it works) since the timing marks were now useless. George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 121k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Humphreys Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CRX: car won't start Are you getting any spark? Are you getting a strong enough spark? First thing I would try after checking for spark would be to pull the distributor cap off and scrape the slag off the contacts/terminals (whatever you would like to call them) Then see if it's strating any better. I don't remember who cleared this up for me, but someone said that the gurguling sound is the fuel trying to ignite at a location other than TDC. I had a similar problem, and ended up getting a MSD setup. -M >From: "Lance Topham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Lance Topham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: CRX: car won't start >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:31:02 -0600 > >I have a 1993 Honda Civic Lx that will not start. When I turn the key it >turns over, and if I give it gas it'll make this weird sort of a bubbly >sound and then die. The exhost smells like gas. So given that what should >I do? Any suggestions to what might be wrong? > >-Lance >black 88 si _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
