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Hi guys just thought would give you an update on the situation. I havent worked on it since my last post because i’ve been busy but was thinking maybe when I put the cam back in time with everything else i may not have timed it for TDC on the compression stroke. I am going to work on it this weekend bt before i tear everything down is there a way to tell if it is not timed correctly on the compression stroke?
Ok well since I had time today I re-checked the timing. I got the crank to tdc and I noticed the cam gear was not at tdc, it was pointing to 3 o’clock which means I did jump a bunch of teeth. I decided to just take everything apart and just re-time it just do I can get throught the winter then when it gets nice out again I’ll buy the kit and do the repair again. I’m glad I did it this way because after I got it all timed up and back together it does the same thing. I also don’t think the engine is flooded because I did the rubber hose trick to get the crank bolt off and it did not have any gas on it. Is their anything else that can cause this? Maybe tomorrow I’ll take a video of it do you guys can hear it.
Thanks for the response. I checked the timing and it seems to be correct. I also tried starting the car with the gas pedal down, tried starting it for about 30 min, I turned the key for about a min then let it sit for a min so I wouldn’t kill the starter. I did notice tho smoke coming out a plastic air duct by the battery, I believe it’s part of the air intake. A neighbor of mine that just started working for Honda as a mechanic suggested it may be a clogged cat as he has seen that happen before.
But could the engine flood while driving? I was driving it when it stalled out when i was coming to a stop at a traffic light almost as if i still had the car in gear. Im gonna go put my spark plugs back in and put my valve cover and timing covers back on and try cranking it with my foot in the pedal. And tge timing seems fine, hopefully this will solve it.
Thanks Erik I will try that, but I don’t think it is flooded since its been sitting for a little over a month. I did check the timing and it seems to be ok but.
I’m glad you found something wrong I hope it fixes it. If not, I know you said you changed tires and had them balanced but have you looked at your rims? I’ve had an issue like this before and it ended up being a slight bend in the rim that wasn’t that noticeable.
hi thanks guys for your responses. I just got done working on it for now. I checked for compression and im getting no compression in each cylander, I then took off the valve cover to see if my cam pully was spinning and it was. If the belt jumped a tooth wouldnt i still get compression? As for the distributer and cap and rotor they are new, I purchased them from the dealer back in may as I had a bad distributor like many of the hondas, also i am getting spark from each plug. Remember i said it doesnt sound like a normal crank when i turn the key to crank it, all i hear is the starter whine. The only other thing i can think of is it could be the second timing belt in this car. I purchased the video from here and EricTheCarGuy shows that there are 2 timing belts.
Quoted From jacobnbr1:
Sounds like you broke a timing belt
I dont think its teh timing belt only because I;m getting spark, If i wasn’t getting spark then yes i would agree on the timing belt.
Quoted From peelout40:
Hmmm…off the bat if things are spinning then it’s probably not an ignition issue. You mentioned that the top half of the engine is not running…got any more info?
I was just saying it sounds like its not only because the only thing i here when i turn the key is the starter spinning or maybe even the rotor spining. what im trying to say is it doesnt sound like its firing. For instance if i had bad distributor i would still haer the normal engine crank, i dont hear that, all i hear like i said is hte starter and it may be possible that its the rotor i hear spining