Car will not turn over?!?!?

[egibbs123]

Have a 00 civic si. The motor will not turn over. I know that the car is getting spark and fuel for sure. The ignition coil is good. Just replaced spark plugs. Compression? can you test it with out the motor running? Anyone have any ideas? please let me know. running out of ideas.:no:

[civictR]

MMORE INFO PLEASE,

[Motivation]

What does it do when you turn the key? Does it just click?

[egibbs123]

Sorry worded it wrong will turn over just not fire. New battery one it also.

[BKgen®]

Make sure you've got good grounds from the engine to frame and from the battery to the frame. If you've got bad grounds, the starter isn't getting a complete circuit and can't get enough power to turn the motor over.

Also, make sure you've got a heavy duty wire going from the battery to the starter itself.

[seanrg1116]

out of time probubly, pull out all the plugs and start doin a compression check let us know what you find.

ps if you took the distributor off it is possible it could be 180 degrees out of time.

[BKgen®]

out of time probubly, pull out all the plugs and start doin a compression check let us know what you find.

ps if you took the distributor off it is possible it could be 180 degrees out of time.

Even if the timing is off, the motor should at least turn over initially.

[seanrg1116]

^^^^^if its off like a tooth it might but not if the dizzy is 180 out.

[egibbs123]

thanks for the input. Will keep all this in mind. Thanks alot for your help and i will give an update this weekend.

[EmminoDaGreat]

you cant put a honda distributor in wrong, without forcing it.... check firing order.

[Master Shake]

i'm kinda having this same problem, but my starter will click and then nothing.

*subscribed* to this thread, lol.

[im_hung]

the b-series has a common problem with the t-belt tensionor coming loose. check to see if it jumped timing. i had a gsr that jump 90 degrees... i put it back in time and... it started...

[egibbs123]

Going to run a compression test today...

[Barefoot]

you cant put a honda distributor in wrong, without forcing it.... check firing order.ive seen people do it. feel no resistance (atleast they say) start it up and snap the key right off the dizzy.

Going to run a compression test today...if u have no spark a comp test is in the wrong direction.

have u checked your

grounds
see if u have spark from the dizzy
oil pressure
crank position sensor
timing
ecu

battery

[egibbs123]

have spark and fuel... the car just will not fire...

[Barefoot]

have u checked your

grounds
timing
ecu
have u. now that we know for sure u got spark do a comp test.

[egibbs123]

compression test... cylinder 1- 120 2- 100 3- 60 4- 0 Any ideas on where to go next?

[Grimm Reeper]

If 4 is 0 then you have a bent valve :thinking:

[Barefoot]

compression test... cylinder 1- 120 2- 100 3- 60 4- 0 Any ideas on where to go next?yah wtb fs section. look for a new motor.


If 4 is 0 then you have a bent valve :thinking:or a fucked up piston sleeve or valve stuck open. none the less with 0 psi u have a major failure on your hands.

[im_hung]

sounds like a mis-shift at high rpm's. . .

[Thighs]

someone did the old 5-2 shift... lol

[egibbs123]

yeah bought the car like this....

[Humphrizzle]

bad compression is the case.

should have 10 lb difference at most between all cylinders.

my b16 has 180lbs at 246k miles.

should be around 220 i think.

[Motivation]

i'm kinda having this same problem, but my starter will click and then nothing.

*subscribed* to this thread, lol.

I could be way off on this... But check to see if motor is locked up. Hopefully I am wrong, but that is what it did when my sister's Camry locked up...

[egibbs123]

no cams spin when you try and crank...

[Barefoot]

if the cams dont spin but the crank does u got a broken timing belt. if nothing spins at all u got a bad starter or a locked up motor.

[im_hung]

check your t-belt tensioner... they have a tendency to come loose

[Barefoot]

check your t-belt tensioner... they have a tendency to come loosesry to tell yah but even if the tensioner was loose he is still fucked. honda motors are non interference motors.

[speedminded]

sry to tell yah but even if the tensioner was loose he is still fucked. honda motors are non interference motors.Thank god for that because I broke a 20k mile timing belt once. No idea how but when I pulled it off 5 teeth were missing on the factory Honda belt. :dunno:

[Kaiser]

If the cams aren't spinning it would explain his comp test. Broken timing belt might be the problem, and as far as I can tell I don't think he should have impacted his valves if they're in normal positions for a B-series. OP: You need to take the timing cover off and examine the timing belt, it'll probably give you a good idea of what's going on. If there's no timing belt on the cam gears then try spinning them slowly and see if you change your compression test results. If you can get every cylinder to come out right, then all you need to do is re-time the cams and put a timing belt on it. If you can't get them all to come out even then you've got a bent or impacted valve that isn't seating properly. That means it's time to take the head off and see if the motor is salvageable at all. It probably isn't, if that's the case.

Here's to hoping you only have a broken timing belt.