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Honda Ballade/Civic engine wont start

Old Aug 16, 2011 | 05:10 AM
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Hi every1

So here is the deal. I am from South Africa and here we have a model Honda called the Ballade 150. It’s a mix from Honda & Mercedes. Basically like a 1994/5 civic just without the V-tech engine and it’s carburettor driven.

My problem is it was driving it nicely yesterday until I parked it and right afterwards I tried to start it and now it does not want to start. The engine cranks, the sparkplugs spark and I cleaned the distributer but no go. I also checked the fuel pump and its working fine. The car does not have any fancy sensors that I am aware of so I don’t know where the problem is.

Any suggestions?
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 06:39 AM
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Check the cam timing, sometimes an old timing belt will skip teeth.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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The timing belt was replaced about 30000km ago because it had stripped the teeth due to old age but I will have a look, thanks.
 
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