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1990 Honda Civic Car wont start

Tiny
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  • 1990 HONDA CIVIC
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 200,000 MILES
I was driving my car the other day and as soon as I hit the highway, it cut off. It didn't make a noise or jerk or anything. It just shut off. We've ruled out fuel pump and fuel filter because when you try to start it, you get fuel delivery, just no spark. The rotor would not turn when I tried to fire it up so I removed the distributor. Once removed, the distributor and rotor turnly freely by hand. Does this mean my camshaft is locked up? Or would it be component failure inside the distributor itself?
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 AT 11:29 PM

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Tiny
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If the rotor is not spinning when cranking over in your case it didn't and distributor removed and turn drive gear and it spin-sounds like the timing belt is defective/broke
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010 AT 1:24 AM
Tiny
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How much internal damage do you think this caused. I bought the car for $900 six months ago. I'm not sure if it would even be worth fixing.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010 AT 11:17 PM
Tiny
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Inspect the timing belt.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010 AT 11:41 PM

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