hi i have a 1993 honda civic manual trans. anyways i was in the intersection today and all of the suddent it stolled and it was over heating before i drove but i let it cool of for an hour. then smoke came out of the ac vents and now it wont start. please help i love my car and i need it to get to skool. it cranks but it doesnt start. all electricity works pics of parts would help if i need the part thanx

 

Answering these three questions should begin to pinpoint the problem:

1) Does the CEL stay ON or turn OFF after 2 seconds when you turn the ignition key to ON(II)?

2) Do you have fuel?
Turn the ignition key to ON(II). You should hear the low humming noise of the fuel pump in the rear (gas tank) for 2 seconds.

3) Do you have spark?
Remove a plug wire from a spark plug and insert a spare plug into the end of the free plug wire. Ground the threads of the spark plug against a metallic portion of the valve cover while a buddy cranks the engine. You should see bright blue spark (not weak orange spark) at all of the plugs.

 

no spark period i filled the gas and replace the distributor cap but now i see this when i took the old one off



i see the spring is kinda messed up. i also all replace the spark plugs.

 

What was the outcome of other tests mentioned in my first post?

The coil in the distributor may be bad, but first do these tests:

1) Do you have access to a multimeter and know how to use it? If so, turn the ignition key to ON(II) and check for battery voltage at the BLK/YEL wire of the distributor connector.

2) Check whether the timing belt snapped. Remove the engine oil filler cap and peer into the hole with a flashlight while a buddy cranks the engine. If the camshaft does not turn, then the timing belt probably snapped (=possible engine damage).

 

Hey itested the coil and it has high resistance and all the other wires fuses and computer is just fine the resistance on the coil was 16.xxx which i saw was way over the specification so should i replace it? thanks

 

if you have spark at the plugs, then you do not want to consider replacing the coil.
is your fuel pump working?

 

The OP mentioned the lack of spark, so replacing the coil is likely to fix the problem.

 

my car started thanks guuys i love this forum your alot of help

 

what was the fix?

 

thew fix was the igniter and the coil