Honda 1.6 liter engine will not start

[Southsider]

Checked for spark, it’s good but changed the ignition modual anyway, checked fuel and pressure, it’s good.

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[dreamer2355]

How are you performing your tests when it comes to spark, fuel and compression? Are you using the correct equipment and cross referencing the values with OEM specs?

As said above, those compression test numbers are awfully low. Did you complete a wet and dry compression test?

Any check engine light?

[EricTheCarGuy]

That compression is way low. You might have flooded it. Try starting the engine with your foot to the floor on the gas, this will put it into clear flood and you may be able to start it.

[yarddog1950]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tbksFYhl4&feature=related

Did you perform the comp test correctly? Did you use a “screw-in type” tester? The “push in” type can be very hard to use on some engines. If your compression was really 40 or 50 lbs/cylinder, the engine would have very little power when it was running, and the spark plugs would show gross oil fouling.

Did you really mean to say that you performed these tests, THEN drove the car home, and it wouldn’t run the next day?

[mckrishes]

What other symptoms are you having? Did you check the battery?

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