My car = NO start. PLEASE HELP

[myyellowspec]

Ok heres the deal. I recently replaced the clutch, plugs, dizzy, and some other little stuff. I drove it around the block for a few days to make sure everything was ok before taking it on the street. Last night I thought my car was 100% except it was running rich for some reason. I drove it about ten miles and the CEL came on and I said "man, thats wierd". About 4 miles later my car just died. Popped the hood and the battery hod gotten disconnected, which made me think alternator. I reconnected it and now the car will kinda start for a little bit. It will start and rev to like 1K and sit for a little bit and die, when I try to drive it the car sputters and back-fires then dies. Any suggestions, ridicule, ANYTHING will be most appreciated. Oh I almost forgot the car is a 91 teg with the stock B18A.

[2.0civic]

so does it idle by iteslf or do you have to keep your foot in it?

[myyellowspec]

it will idle by itself for a very short ammount of time.

[quickdodge®]

Do you have insurance on it? Later, QD.

[TRDwasiq]

check the spark plugs..they were already gaped?? or did u gaped them

[changaroo]

check the plugs, are they fouled?

[myyellowspec]

Havent had a chance to check the plugs yet but they were pre-gapped cause they are platinum plugs.

[myyellowspec]

Do you have insurance on it? Later, QD.

Umm yeah but what does that have to do with it

[quickdodge®]

Umm yeah but what does that have to do with it

Adopted in the late 1930's, some Hondas are equipped with an auto-shutoff if the car is found to have no insurance. If the policy lapses, you have approximately the amount of time for your car to stop rolling until the car will not be drivable again. Once you pick the insurance back up, when the DMV gets the info, they will release the remote start and you can drive again. Later, QD.

[myyellowspec]

OIC 18 years before honda was founded??? But lol neways.

[quickdodge®]

^^^ Isn't that weird. Lolol. Later, QD.

[sullen]

check timing, check to make sure you have spark on all 4, and check connections.

[Nismo_RPS13]

um i'm sure you did this, but make sure that your wires are connected to the alternator. it sounds like it drove for 4 miles on the power of your battery which isn't enough voltage... which would make your car run like shit.

i don't understand the sentence: "Popped the hood and the battery hod gotten disconnected, which made me think alternator."

does that mean one of the terminals on your battery had gotten loose so you assumed your alternator was bad? what?

[sullen]

it prolly means the battery was disconnected.... since thats what he said... nonetheless, the battery idea sounds right. you can drive a car around for a bit on battery only, then once the charge is completely gone, it wont run at all. check to make sure the alternator is connected up.

[AnclyT]

check your grounds...

either that or bring it to "Vuong's Garage"

[TRDwasiq]

lol at ^^ aaha

[myyellowspec]

check your grounds...

either that or bring it to "Vuong's Garage"


If I didn't live on the other side of the world I totally would. lol

[myyellowspec]

um i'm sure you did this, but make sure that your wires are connected to the alternator. it sounds like it drove for 4 miles on the power of your battery which isn't enough voltage... which would make your car run like shit.

i don't understand the sentence: "Popped the hood and the battery hod gotten disconnected, which made me think alternator."

does that mean one of the terminals on your battery had gotten loose so you assumed your alternator was bad? what?

The pos terminal was loose and had come off. When I reconnected it the car wouldn't rev above 1K and it kept back firing. Does anybody know how to check a cel on a 91?

[K-Rock]

my car did the same thing, i had to keep my foot on the gas to keep it at 1 grand for it to keep running, and it turns out i had to get an egr assembly and new plugs and wires and a distributor, so hopefully thats not whats wrong with yours

[iEvo]

i bet somthing came loose or u didnt connect it back when u were doin the clutch and stuff. run over everything u have messed with and make sure everything is good to go

[myyellowspec]

Well I already did plugs, wires, dizzy so now i'll check my egr valve.

[twinj]

Check all grounds and definately check them. Them check that alternator i bet you problem is one of the two.( it is loose somewhere)

Is the Tach jumping around.

[myyellowspec]

As of now I am going over everything that I have replaced. And the tach isn't jumping at all cause I can barely get it started. The car cranks very well because of an optima yellow top so I know its not the battery.