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1993 HONDA CIVIC WON'T START
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Roshaun
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Jul 29, 2007, 8:05 PM
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1993 HONDA CIVIC WON'T START
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I'm planning to buy a 1993 honda civic lx, sedan, 5sd. from a friend of mine. There is one known problem, it's not starting, we've ackowledge it's not the battery, it's not the starter it has something to do with the spark plug, spark plug wires, and the distributor, the person im buying it from changed all of those himself and hes not experienced mechanic, he explained to me that it started and ran for a bout 2 weeks and then it decided that it didn't feel like turning on anymore, when you turn the key it'll make that starting up sound but it wont completely start, i was told that gapping the spark plugs is sometimes required but i was also told that whether you gap the spark plugs or not, that still doesn't give the car a reason not to start, it will just sound kind of rough. and i'm not sure but i'm thinking that the arrangements of the spark plug wires are wrong, but he insist he followed the order of the previous spark plug wires. i'm not sure anymore please tell me what's wrong
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jul 30, 2007, 7:34 AM
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Re: 1993 HONDA CIVIC WON'T START
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Spark plugs out of the box are usually close enough to allow an engine to run. Some are near exactly set and always should be checked. If the box they came in was really dropped hard in shipping and electrodes were all touching it wouldn't run but if anyone ever sees that don't even use those plugs and get exchanged for new ones.
Firing order must be kept and most will do plugs and wires one at a time which takes out the guess work. If any question about that you must verify that they are correct.
It seems these items have been replaced to get this car to run without success. That's an issue. Does it have spark at all?
When was the timing belt replaced last? If unknown that's scary. They can't be ignored and can cause complete destruction of the engine. You at least should hear this engine run before you make any transaction - friend or not this must be known as otherwise you have no clue how much it will cost to make it run or start fixing up some late maintenance if the case.
At a minimum this car should be diagnosed before you jump into it. It's possible that this car isn't a bargain if free without knowing what's up with it,
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