B16A Not Starting

**vtek16** · 22-06-2007 09:48 PM

yeah u can definatly hear it , every time the ign is turned on and the plugs are wet when removed there is still 12 at the injectors

Definatly looking like a igniter problem

ill see if i can get one from honda tomorrow , replaced everything else so i mosewell give it a go . can a ignitor cause weak spark

**ECU-MAN** · 22-06-2007 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by destrukshn

it can't be 180 out, it only goes in 1 way, if you try put it the other way, it won't go in, the 2 keys on the shaft of the dizzy, is angled a bit, so you can't it on the right way.
i know the ignitors love to die on these things.
lol.

you certinly can put the dizzy in 180 out. if you have remove the drive from the dizzy shaft.

try another coil and ICM.

make sure you have fuel pressure and spark ( good spark )

are there any codes in the ecu

make sure valve timing and ign timing is right

make sure all sensors are connected. mostly map, tps , dizzy ect

**destrukshn** · 23-06-2007 12:49 AM

valid point there ecu-man.
but i dare say most people don't do it, unless they are rebuilding it?

**Drew** · 23-06-2007 12:52 AM

Maybe he did cause he was trying to fix it?
Anyway we know he didn't now

**eg92b16a** · 23-06-2007 05:23 PM

SOunds like the exact thing that happened to me.
Drove perfectly one day and then went to start the car the next day and nothing. Everything seemed to work but engine wouldn't fire. I got erratic spark as well. I replaced the igniter and all was good.

If you get an igniter from Honda be prepared.... They're not cheap.
I ended up getting a reconditioned dizzy and using the igniter from it. Cheaper than the honda part and now I have a spare dizzy (less igniter).

**vtek16** · 27-06-2007 10:36 PM

Yeah you are spot on with the price mate, if anyone has a known good ignitor wich they wana part with please let me know (or a spare dizzy)

cheers guys

**Bludger** · 27-06-2007 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Drew

Make sure that the timing is set correctly

If you have fuel and spark; however small it maybe, you should at least be able to studer

If you actually took the dizzy off then it might be 180deg out if you put it in the wrong way

what i was gonna suggest
LOL, happen to me once

but 180 degree its a lil bit harder to slot in....

like a lil bit stiff to get in and out

**eg92b16a** · 28-06-2007 07:35 AM

You can't put the dizzy in the wrong way, the key is offset.
I have tried to put it in incorrectly just to see what would happen, and every time it went in correctly.
I think the idea is NOT to force things. If there is reistance then it probably isn't meant to go that way.

**Bludger** · 28-06-2007 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by eg92b16a

You can't put the dizzy in the wrong way, the key is offset.
I have tried to put it in incorrectly just to see what would happen, and every time it went in correctly.
I think the idea is NOT to force things. If there is reistance then it probably isn't meant to go that way.

being n00b as i am, have had it in the wrong way, bolted up and cranking.

**dc2itr** · 30-06-2007 09:13 PM

hey vtek 16! Did u find solution, has it started yet?

I've got similar problem at moment with b18. Can you lemme know if u find out wht its.thx

**ThEbLaCk** · 30-06-2007 09:34 PM

my car had the problem with ICM and could start today but not tmr, pretty much unpredictable. Bldy one day stall at freeway and got towed for couple of hundred dollars + fixing.

Look at the ICM mate as ECUMAN has mentioned