First died out, now won't start...
White&Nerdy
Senior Wagonist
OK, it's not a wagon, but it's a D16A6 in my gf's 88 CRX Si, so I wonder if anyone here might have some ideas...
Took the car home on a 4-5 hour trip after the engine replacement. Ran beautifully. The first day my gf decided to take it out, the engine stopped running somewhere on the interstate. Couldn't restart. Got towed home. THEN it started fine.
I played with it myself a little. Started it up, let it run a while - and then it suddenly conked out again once warm and refused to restart. No sputtering or anything - ran beautifully one second, wouldn't run at all the next. Since then, the engine will crank but not fire or run at all.
We have spark and fuel pressure. ECU codes are 6 (coolant temp), 15 (ignition output signal), and 20 (electrical load detector). From my online research, it's the classic signs of a bad ignitor. I have trouble believing that because I'm using the distributor we bought just before the previous engine died. Also, I've tried swapping that new distributor for the original dizzy that came with the replacement engine. This had no effect on the problem. I've even tried swapping ignitors and distributor caps between them. And fuse 14 is OK. Chassis to engine ground is fine - it has a couple of extra grounds, even.
I've traded main relays between my wagon and the CRX, to no effect - meaning the CRX's is fine, and my wagon's didn't fix the problem.
And that brings me to the end of my rope. Any suggestions?
Took the car home on a 4-5 hour trip after the engine replacement. Ran beautifully. The first day my gf decided to take it out, the engine stopped running somewhere on the interstate. Couldn't restart. Got towed home. THEN it started fine.
I played with it myself a little. Started it up, let it run a while - and then it suddenly conked out again once warm and refused to restart. No sputtering or anything - ran beautifully one second, wouldn't run at all the next. Since then, the engine will crank but not fire or run at all.
We have spark and fuel pressure. ECU codes are 6 (coolant temp), 15 (ignition output signal), and 20 (electrical load detector). From my online research, it's the classic signs of a bad ignitor. I have trouble believing that because I'm using the distributor we bought just before the previous engine died. Also, I've tried swapping that new distributor for the original dizzy that came with the replacement engine. This had no effect on the problem. I've even tried swapping ignitors and distributor caps between them. And fuse 14 is OK. Chassis to engine ground is fine - it has a couple of extra grounds, even.
I've traded main relays between my wagon and the CRX, to no effect - meaning the CRX's is fine, and my wagon's didn't fix the problem.And that brings me to the end of my rope. Any suggestions?
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