Well last wednesday my car died driving home from work, well to catch you up to speed i have a 1992 Honda Civic 3dr Hatchback with a jdm b16a DOHC V-tec motor with a ton of engine mods, type r trany thats brand new, head is fully built (port polish/3-angle/fearra high comp valves/fearra fearra springs/fearra retainers/fearra seals/fearra guides/etc).
i have a yellow top optima battery that one day drained cause i left my hid 10k lights and fog lights were left on, well i charged it up and sence then it wont hold a charge, i can drive for 2 hours then let the car sit over night and the battery is almost dead. I took it to discount auto and they charged it on there "special charger" for 24 hours. It held a charge alot better, i drove the car all around and was fine, the next day when i got up to go to work the battery volt was back at like 5-6, and hard to start again.
When i was leaving work car started slow like it always does cause of the battery.i sat there warming it up for about 3-5 minutes, cause it was like 30 out and my car hates the cold. I drove for about 1/8 mile and the car just died, i tried to start but no avail, the hid's were flashing, and seems like i didn't have enoph power to try and start, i tried poping the clutch but it's hard to with the racing clutch, i pulled over and tried to start the car,and nothing
trouble shooting:
the car turns over, the fuel pump is working and injectors are working fine you can clearly smell the gas in the engine bay, i hooked my battery up to a car charger and someone elses running car and car still just rotates but doesn't start (volt when trying to start is at about 12.-13 but drops hard when i try to start). Checked the plugs and no spark with a tester and the actual spark plug. took the distributor off and checked the coil, with the ohms, we kinda got a reading but not sure what it should have been set at with the volt meter. What my main deal is, is that i don't know if it's the altenator or the distributor. I don't know if the altenator is bad would i not be able to produce enoph spark to start the car, or if the power from someone elses car is enoph to get spark. altenators and distributors aren't cheap i don't want to have to buy one and then the other, any other trouble shooting or things i can check would be great, thanks for the help...
the radio has been hooked up the same way for over 3 years and hasn't had an issue with it same with the alarm system. before i used to leave the alarm on, radio on and a scanner on for an hour with the car off come back and car would turn on like nothing.The full ingintion switch system was changed about 2 years ogo. can't push start the car cause of the excedy stage 1 clutch. and the starter is fine, if it was the starter or silinoid it wouldn't turn over, besides i tested it not to long ago.The battery seems to be one of the main issues, and i just tested the distributor ignition coil
primary resistance-
it should be around 0.6-0.9Ohms and its at 0.6Ohms
secoundary resistance-
it should be around 12.8-19.2K-Ohms and it's at 10.1K-Ohms
i have a yellow top optima battery that one day drained cause i left my hid 10k lights and fog lights were left on, well i charged it up and sence then it wont hold a charge, i can drive for 2 hours then let the car sit over night and the battery is almost dead. I took it to discount auto and they charged it on there "special charger" for 24 hours. It held a charge alot better, i drove the car all around and was fine, the next day when i got up to go to work the battery volt was back at like 5-6, and hard to start again.
When i was leaving work car started slow like it always does cause of the battery.i sat there warming it up for about 3-5 minutes, cause it was like 30 out and my car hates the cold. I drove for about 1/8 mile and the car just died, i tried to start but no avail, the hid's were flashing, and seems like i didn't have enoph power to try and start, i tried poping the clutch but it's hard to with the racing clutch, i pulled over and tried to start the car,and nothing
trouble shooting:
the car turns over, the fuel pump is working and injectors are working fine you can clearly smell the gas in the engine bay, i hooked my battery up to a car charger and someone elses running car and car still just rotates but doesn't start (volt when trying to start is at about 12.-13 but drops hard when i try to start). Checked the plugs and no spark with a tester and the actual spark plug. took the distributor off and checked the coil, with the ohms, we kinda got a reading but not sure what it should have been set at with the volt meter. What my main deal is, is that i don't know if it's the altenator or the distributor. I don't know if the altenator is bad would i not be able to produce enoph spark to start the car, or if the power from someone elses car is enoph to get spark. altenators and distributors aren't cheap i don't want to have to buy one and then the other, any other trouble shooting or things i can check would be great, thanks for the help...
the radio has been hooked up the same way for over 3 years and hasn't had an issue with it same with the alarm system. before i used to leave the alarm on, radio on and a scanner on for an hour with the car off come back and car would turn on like nothing.The full ingintion switch system was changed about 2 years ogo. can't push start the car cause of the excedy stage 1 clutch. and the starter is fine, if it was the starter or silinoid it wouldn't turn over, besides i tested it not to long ago.The battery seems to be one of the main issues, and i just tested the distributor ignition coil
primary resistance-
it should be around 0.6-0.9Ohms and its at 0.6Ohms
secoundary resistance-
it should be around 12.8-19.2K-Ohms and it's at 10.1K-Ohms
Feb 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM