Starting Problem Appeared Suddently

SILENCE

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1993 HONDA PRELUDE
220 MILES

Car been standing half year, started up alright, later died on the road - oil leaked into plugs half way covered in oil- *leaks fixed* plugs seemed to be alright.

But no longer able to start, all fuses seemed to be fine, distributor gets same voltage as battery. Rotor seems to be fine.

Honda dealer guesses on relay issue in distributor but I am unsure how to verify if it is, or something else, ideas are welcomed
Thanks

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FIXITMR

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So your sure no spark is the problem?

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Friday, April 27th, 2012 AT 6:13 PM

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Well so it seems =/ plugs look fine ( cant be 100% sure tho but doubt oil could renter all sparks plugs useless completely) but just won't generate spark so unsure if some relay could affect it as I just cant really think of anything else that actually could affect it directly.

Since its not even trying to start just "sawing" belts are working tho

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Friday, April 27th, 2012 AT 6:25 PM

FIXITMR

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Oil on plugs is no issue unless tips are fouled. Have you tried squirting fuel into intake to see if it runs/sputters?

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Friday, April 27th, 2012 AT 7:11 PM

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Haven't tried that yet ( will have to give it a try tomorrow ), just few basic things partly took a look at distributors condition what did not gave much help yet but seemed to be alive but thinking problem might be in igniter unit or coil but unsure how to test igniter unit out since I am unaware of healthy values to compare it with.

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Friday, April 27th, 2012 AT 7:39 PM