Good job! My old 96 Civic did something similar. Noticed a bit of a rough idle during damp or wet weather. Eventually it stalled on me going to work on a rainy morning. Let it sit for a while so heat would build up under the hold to dry things out a bit. It started and it was fine the rest of the day. Replaced the plugs, wires, cap, etc... and it ran perfectly afterwards. If you suspect a misfire during damp weather, it often helps to run the engine after dark and look under the hood. The misfires often show up very well in the dark.
& misidentifying plugs with any center electrode left as “really needing to be replaced”, without setting an exact gap. Would’ve served him right to burn out the secondary winding from too low resistance and ended up needing that nonreturnable ‘electronic’ coil.
Thanks for your videos...particularly this one on the Honda Accord. It really helped me diagnose a distributor issue on a 304,000 km '02 Accord Coupe 4 cylinder.
Ivan, Great case study and fix - thank you! I had a Ford Escort in the 1990s that went 140K on its original spark plugs and when I took them out they were worn down to the nub like that. But it still ran. Happy Easter God bless Paul
Big fan Ivan, I'm doing similar work for my own customers. Not quite at the level you and Eric O are at but hoping to get there. Love to learn new things and step by step diagnosis is where it's at.
When a car actually does need plugs and wires. Spot on Ivan. Hope you had a great Easter. I spent good Friday fighting with rusty brake lines. Found out i have quite a bit of work to do. But onwards and downwards.
Ivan, the old Honda zapped you. Boy, did you move that hand fast! Best laugh I have had for a long time. Some more old school advice, check for moisture inside the distributor cap.
What I have learned is to slow down. Experience has taught me this. But if you working flat rate it’s very hard to do. Thank you for posting video keep up the good work.
Sir!!! Outstanding Job!! What a way to hang in there until YOU found the actual Problem!! You Initially Hit by indicating that is was a Heavy Rain or moisture environment. Then, You continued to Trouble Shoot leaving Not stone Unturned Until You Arrived at What was most likely the Ultimate cause!! Job Well Done!! Thanks For Sharing!!!!!
This is why if I ever do spark plugs on an old school system I generally will sell the secondary tune-up to go with it. If plugs are shmoked, most likely so are the wires and cap/rotor. Unless it is obvious the wires cap and rotor are relatively new. Great video!
good, but I would have 1st >checked the color of the sparkplugs, red means fuel starvation 2> check for the sparkplugs sparking 3>listen for the fuel pump with the ignition on.
We love crank no starts. Always straight shooting from your bunker , that rain you mentioned loves distributors and main relays (Honda leak issue). Its uncanny how efficient the central nervous system spark detector is. I hate that tool but it routinely outshines the grounded test light on secondary components.
My car cranks and turns on for a second or two but dies out ,BUT IF I PRIME THE FUEL PUMP S COUPLE TIMES IT WILL STAY ON LINGER what type of issue may this be
@@mikeverything4098 With so many possibilities hard to say, I would ground a test light and try to confirm voltage at the pump , key on ,and while cranking, ,if so chances are it is the pump.
My guess is after you closed the gaps on the old plugs, the cylinders still had residual fuel left in them, ie flooded engine, which was causing the no fire, always a good idea to crank the engine @ WOT for a short period after a no spark condition to clear out the cylinders of fuel. Good follow up after the plug replacement with checking for short on the cap and wires. Great vid, Ivan :)
Good honest diag Ivan. I was troubled when you bought out the intermotor part. Here in the UK it's a lottery what's in That box. Sometimes it's gen other times it's a waste of time. 👍👍👍
on hondas i rember two caps mitsu ,naksi allways get the wrong one first ,no rotor replacement or not shown? great thought process had spark move on. then go back. seen many shops get burnt on this! seen lots on rotors shorted to dist shaft we used to hold coil wire near rotor make sure spark jumped around not to shaft. good to show and mention weather and further cust. interagation . another great vid. laughed when spark hit you sorry but i saw it coming.happy easter.
Actually I van I'm a little IFFY ON HOW YOU PUT THE PLUGS IN WITH A DRILL. Everything else you did was CLAASIC IVAN A+ especially the test light water trick, FREGGIN AWESOME. People can get into BIG PROBLEMS trying to put their plugs in with a drill as you did but I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A PRO. I wouldn't recommend installing plugs with a drill for the average backyard mechanic. If there was a sideways thumb symbol I would click that but I clicked a thumbs up because you are a PROFESSIONAL.
Actually if your careful and have a good feel for it its pretty easy to do without hurting a thing. I do it all the time and never had an issue. I dont know why people freek out over this method
I'm not FREAKING OUT, I SAID FOR THE AVERAGE BACKYARD JOE I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. FOR IVAN, YES, HE'S A PRO. I TYPE IN CAPS ALOT SO DON'T THINK I'M YELLING OR FREAKING OUT, SORRY. YES YOU DEFENITELY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, STARTING THEM BY HAND WOULD BE BEST BUT IVAN WAS TRYING TO DO IT FAST & AS I SAID HE'S AN EXPERIENCED PRO. THAT'S WHY I WATCH HIM, OH & WHEN HE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT WOO HOO, HIS WIFE IS GREAT TOO, THANKS DYLAN.
Happy Easter !! I would have sprayed a dose of starting fluid in the plug hole , then wait for the shock to find the spark, that's really old school !!
It amazes me how so many young people on YT i see starting bolts,machine screws and spark plugs with impact wrenches. One of these days your going to cross thread and hopefully it doesn't cost you alot of money to repair......a side from that nice fix
Liked the old test light trick at the end to test for HT leakage. The water method was found wanting at the crunch moment.Dem sparkplugs are museum pieces.Never seen them that worn. Must have put serious pressure on the secondary hardware. Pretty good piece of detective work to decipher that one. Happy Easter !!
Also, get all the parts for that system in the first trip,return what you didn't use when you're done, saves a lot of time running back and forth. Also, open the new parts at the counter, make sure they're right.
Absolutely, and especially when there's change from cold to warmer, like now in the spring, and there's moisture involved. I helped a lady stuck in the road one time under just such circumstances. She had got halfway home and the car quit. I pulled off the distributor and it was all wet inside not from any leak, but from condensation. Dried it out with a cloth and away she went. I'll bet this Honda would have responded to that treatment. Of course, it still needed new ignition components anyway.
I had a problem with my truck similar it would not crank at all first thing in the morning but if I went to start it after lunch it would fire right up. I just wiggled the wires going in to the firewall and everything has been fine
Happy Easter - and the easiest car to change plugs on (for me, at least) was my '72 Eldorado. There was enough room between the block and the inner fenders to store a tuba.
Forgot to mention that you should also recommend to your customer to replace the distributor rotor. That's also a part of the Honda ignition system. Keep up the good work and videos.
Ivan, I would say running that car with severely worn (excessive gap) plugs is what did in the plug wires and the cap, punching breaches in them over time.
Not quitesure what your rant is about but to make clear the reference: SMA, PHAD, NLA, etc are known and speak to each other and use each other's quips. Cheers!@@HighestRank
For all the critics here, EHT electrical intermittent problems (weather dependent too) are notoriously difficult to pin-point. PHAD done an excellent diagnosis of this which shows the difference between logical thought and parts-canons. Well done PHAD on this one.
Had this exact same problem in my acura after it rain, it had spark and fuel but would not start, came back the next day after it was dry car fired right up didn't look into it. 2 weeks later it rained again and got a rough start with misfire until it got warm. replaced cap n rotor and all has been great since
I usually go with NGK as well but I have no problem with using Denso either if the NGKs aren’t available. Denso is quality stuff. I checked out a Chrysler 300m with a 3.5 Saturday leaking spark through a coil housing that shocked the piss out of me too. No matter how many times you’ve been got over the years it never fails to make your feet come off of the ground. At least I didn’t hit my head on the hood too. 😂
Hey Ivan, happy Easter to you and wife!! Well, parts are needed, it was kinda lacking on maintenance!! I like that test light to check for spark on wire. I thought that would fry it. As being so high volts.. that's what I was worried about
С Пасхой! Awesome troubleshooting with test light and water spray bottle. Old school is still best school. As always, great diagnostics and tech tips. Keep on keepin' on! Ура, приятель!
Great effort in troubleshooting and explanation. Awesome video! Typical young vehicle owner, drive it till it doesn't drive anymore then do breakdown maintenance!
Back in the days of carburetors flooding was a common occurrence. Crank and spit, crank and spit. No start, just spit. One time my brother had severe flooding in winter and it would just tease you but not start. He played with it for a couple days and actually wore out his starter. After putting on another starter, he went away for the day. While he was gone out I did old trick I used for hard starting engines ( especially flooded ) and took all the spark plugs and gapped them at about .005 to help the electricity go across the gap easier instead of the wet insulator. That did the trick , I made it clear out then put them all back. I didn't tell him but my dad told him to try it again " I have a good feeling about it " He was suspicious.
This did not solve my 02 Accord"s very rare intermittent crank no start when over 30 C but it was still educational anyways. Always learn something here!
Nicely done, Ivan. Admittedly, I'm slightly disappointed you didn't rebuild the distributor cap and spark plugs using only a matchbox car and an old shoe. But you get a pass for the holiday. ;)
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics You're welcome. Every time you post a video I can't wait to watch it. Are you still working for that company as a Engineer or are you doing the mobile business full time now.
Happy Easter Ivan, loved the Christopher Walken impression when you said "... Tool.." when altering the spark plug gap. Don't keep that device in a place no one wants to look, that's my advice, buddy.
Like asked by another commenter I would like to know why you didn't replace the ignition rotor?Perhaps it is supplied with the distributor cap and not shown?Napa here in Canada list them separately.
@Paul Preddy Any ignition system that uses a distributor uses an ignition rotor,if only 1 ignition coil is used for more than 2 cylinders then a rotor is also required-like in the vehicle in this video.
My 96 Dodge Ram had a crank but no start. Turning the key, I didn't hear the pump so I pounded on the tank and the engine started. Replaced the pump and now it runs fine.
Great repair. Sometimes it's the simplest things. Those Carquest wires aren't the best. I had a set on my Integra They lasted about a year. From now on i replace only with NGK blue wires or OE on a Honda. I understand sometimes you have to go with what's on the shelf but Those Autolite or those Carquest wires are junk.
The lesson is get yer parts at Napper (not a sponsor). Great job on going old school. One suggestion though, have a can of carb cleaner on hand to spray in the intake to help narrow the testing down.
Ivan I would of replaced the coil as well, hondas of that year are known for failure, the coil would be next to replace! Everything else is regular tuneup! Honda of this generation are still the best, they held up the test of time!!! Love the video ivan!!!
You should had a look on the injectors to see if they were firing when the car was not running. The car does not need nothing. Maybe the spark plugs only. And the car was not working maybe because the ECU was not receiving RPM signal. Don't forget that on that design the spark is not controlled by the ECU. So if you have spark than you are good. You must chase other things.
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Good job! My old 96 Civic did something similar. Noticed a bit of a rough idle during damp or wet weather. Eventually it stalled on me going to work on a rainy morning. Let it sit for a while so heat would build up under the hold to dry things out a bit. It started and it was fine the rest of the day. Replaced the plugs, wires, cap, etc... and it ran perfectly afterwards. If you suspect a misfire during damp weather, it often helps to run the engine after dark and look under the hood. The misfires often show up very well in the dark.
This is the real deal. Finding additional problems, getting wrong parts, perseverance gets the job done ✔
No such thing as wrong parts. If they don't fit, you're just not trying hard enough to make them fit and probably need a bigger hammer.
Is this like things not to do? Hey customer when did you last do a tune up? Good grief
& misidentifying plugs with any center electrode left as “really needing to be replaced”, without setting an exact gap. Would’ve served him right to burn out the secondary winding from too low resistance and ended up needing that nonreturnable ‘electronic’ coil.
rob slipsky Just that Italian tuneup last week, who wants to know?
@@robslipsky9066 Typical chick man. They think a timely oil change is enough.
Wow, You are brilliant on diagnosing " The Legendary Accord" gets to drive on...A + Rating.
Thanks for your videos...particularly this one on the Honda Accord. It really helped me diagnose a distributor issue on a 304,000 km '02 Accord Coupe 4 cylinder.
Ivan,
Great case study and fix - thank you! I had a Ford Escort in the 1990s that went 140K on its original spark plugs and when I took them out they were worn down to the nub like that. But it still ran.
Happy Easter
God bless
Paul
Thanks, an enlightening and watchable car care video, rarest of finds. Happy very belated Easter
Perseverance without panic shows a good level of confidence in sorting the problems out. 👍
It is not easy to be more efficient when the problem is intermittent. Interesting case, thanks for bringing us along.
Big fan Ivan, I'm doing similar work for my own customers. Not quite at the level you and Eric O are at but hoping to get there. Love to learn new things and step by step diagnosis is where it's at.
Nice! It's a rewarding field for sure!
Happy Easter to you and the Mrs!!! Always enjoy your videos!!!
Test light for the win! Thanks for the easter treat Ivan!
When a car actually does need plugs and wires. Spot on Ivan. Hope you had a great Easter.
I spent good Friday fighting with rusty brake lines. Found out i have quite a bit of work to do. But onwards and downwards.
Ivan, the old Honda zapped you. Boy, did you move that hand fast! Best laugh I have had for a long time. Some more old school advice, check for moisture inside the distributor cap.
i was waiting for that moment lol with the plugs that far gone best to do complete tune up
This is so cool! My 2001 Honda Accord is doing the same things. I love this video, it's giving me hope.
Ivan thank you for giving step by step directions for the non pros like me and many others.
What I have learned is to slow down. Experience has taught me this. But if you working flat rate it’s very hard to do. Thank you for posting video keep up the good work.
Very clever spray bottle trick with bonus Ivan zapping. Top marks for this video.
A+ Ivan,nice lesson have a nice Easter you and the Wife....
Another awesome job bro. I learn more and more watching your channel.
When dealing with Honda's ignition system, you always use genuine Honda parts. ALWAYS. Great video.
yup. just buy OEM's
you sounds like chris fix.. awesome video, thank you for sharing.
Sir!!! Outstanding Job!! What a way to hang in there until YOU found the actual Problem!! You Initially Hit by indicating that is was a Heavy Rain or moisture environment. Then, You continued to Trouble Shoot leaving Not stone Unturned Until You Arrived at What was most likely the Ultimate cause!! Job Well Done!! Thanks For Sharing!!!!!
Excellent troubleshooting, I learned a lot! Very cool channel.
When you were touching the wet wires I thought to myself: "You are going to get shocked."
I love the test light check and the water test cool video, HAPPY EASTER Ivan !!!
Excellent diagnosis Ivan!
This is why if I ever do spark plugs on an old school system I generally will sell the secondary tune-up to go with it. If plugs are shmoked, most likely so are the wires and cap/rotor. Unless it is obvious the wires cap and rotor are relatively new. Great video!
Ivan thank you for the ride and learn. You are Great!
Aloha Dr Ivan..Hope you and your Family had a Happy Easter..stay blessed my friend👍
Thank you!
I would strongly recommend spraying some ether in the intake very early in the diagnosis to eliminate either spark or fuel right away.
Exactly
good, but I would have 1st >checked the color of the sparkplugs, red means fuel starvation 2> check for the sparkplugs sparking 3>listen for the fuel pump with the ignition on.
spark and ether? kaboom
Ivan, great video!!!!!!!! test light and water is the best test to find a voltage leak from the secondary ignition system!!!!!!!!!!!
We love crank no starts. Always straight shooting from your bunker , that rain you mentioned loves distributors and main relays (Honda leak issue). Its uncanny how efficient the central nervous system spark detector is. I hate that tool but it routinely outshines the grounded test light on secondary components.
My car cranks and turns on for a second or two but dies out ,BUT IF I PRIME THE FUEL PUMP S COUPLE TIMES IT WILL STAY ON LINGER what type of issue may this be
@@mikeverything4098 With so many possibilities hard to say, I would ground a test light and try to confirm voltage at the pump , key on ,and while cranking, ,if so chances are it is the pump.
My guess is after you closed the gaps on the old plugs, the cylinders still had residual fuel left in them, ie flooded engine, which was causing the no fire, always a good idea to crank the engine @ WOT for a short period after a no spark condition to clear out the cylinders of fuel. Good follow up after the plug replacement with checking for short on the cap and wires. Great vid, Ivan :)
Can a weak battery and , starter, or silinoid, be a source of the problem ?
Good honest diag Ivan. I was troubled when you bought out the intermotor part. Here in the UK it's a lottery what's in That box. Sometimes it's gen other times it's a waste of time. 👍👍👍
Excellent tip for using test light to look for spark leaks!
on hondas i rember two caps mitsu ,naksi allways get the wrong one first ,no rotor replacement or not shown? great thought process had spark move on. then go back. seen many shops get burnt on this! seen lots on rotors shorted to dist shaft we used to hold coil wire near rotor make sure spark jumped around not to shaft. good to show and mention weather and further cust. interagation . another great vid. laughed when spark hit you sorry but i saw it coming.happy easter.
Actually I van I'm a little IFFY ON HOW YOU PUT THE PLUGS IN WITH A DRILL. Everything else you did was CLAASIC IVAN A+ especially the test light water trick, FREGGIN AWESOME. People can get into BIG PROBLEMS trying to put their plugs in with a drill as you did but I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A PRO. I wouldn't recommend installing plugs with a drill for the average backyard mechanic. If there was a sideways thumb symbol I would click that but I clicked a thumbs up because you are a PROFESSIONAL.
Actually if your careful and have a good feel for it its pretty easy to do without hurting a thing. I do it all the time and never had an issue. I dont know why people freek out over this method
I'm not FREAKING OUT, I SAID FOR THE AVERAGE BACKYARD JOE I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. FOR IVAN, YES, HE'S A PRO. I TYPE IN CAPS ALOT SO DON'T THINK I'M YELLING OR FREAKING OUT, SORRY. YES YOU DEFENITELY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, STARTING THEM BY HAND WOULD BE BEST BUT IVAN WAS TRYING TO DO IT FAST & AS I SAID HE'S AN EXPERIENCED PRO. THAT'S WHY I WATCH HIM, OH & WHEN HE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT WOO HOO, HIS WIFE IS GREAT TOO, THANKS DYLAN.
Good Job. Happy Easter Thank you
Happy Easter !! I would have sprayed a dose of starting fluid in the plug hole , then wait for the shock to find the spark, that's really old school !!
It amazes me how so many young people on YT i see starting bolts,machine screws and spark plugs with impact wrenches. One of these days your going to cross thread and hopefully it doesn't cost you alot of money to repair......a side from that nice fix
Happy Easter Ivan great job, little duct tape and glue no parts required 😂😂
Well done, Happy Easter Ivan
Thank You! I am learning a lot from your videos...
Liked the old test light trick at the end to test for HT leakage. The water method was found wanting at the crunch moment.Dem sparkplugs are museum pieces.Never seen them that worn. Must have put serious pressure on the secondary hardware. Pretty good piece of detective work to decipher that one. Happy Easter !!
Great job Ivan! Happy Easter! Xx
You too, Niamh!
Pico scope is a beast. It’s the only one I use now other than the uscope for quick checks. The Pico shows so much more detail than anything else.
Thanks Ivan. Happy Easter.
A neglected car. Probably the original timing belt too.
Good video,, i like your videos the best because your honest and show it all.
Also, get all the parts for that system in the first trip,return what you didn't use when you're done, saves a lot of time running back and forth. Also, open the new parts at the counter, make sure they're right.
damp weather will find electrical bugs
Absolutely, and especially when there's change from cold to warmer, like now in the spring, and there's moisture involved. I helped a lady stuck in the road one time under just such circumstances. She had got halfway home and the car quit. I pulled off the distributor and it was all wet inside not from any leak, but from condensation. Dried it out with a cloth and away she went. I'll bet this Honda would have responded to that treatment. Of course, it still needed new ignition components anyway.
I had a problem with my truck similar it would not crank at all first thing in the morning but if I went to start it after lunch it would fire right up. I just wiggled the wires going in to the firewall and everything has been fine
Excellent job Ivan. Way to go
Happy Easter - and the easiest car to change plugs on (for me, at least) was my '72 Eldorado. There was enough room between the block and the inner fenders to store a tuba.
Nice one, Happy Easter, hope you got out on the bike.
Forgot to mention that you should also recommend to your customer to replace the distributor rotor. That's also a part of the Honda ignition system. Keep up the good work and videos.
Scope on a rope ignition test - excellent tip. Thanks.
Jerrell Strawn it helps to use any mode besides ‘peak detection’, tho.
Nicely done Ivan!
Ivan, I would say running that car with severely worn (excessive gap) plugs is what did in the plug wires and the cap, punching breaches in them over time.
Exactly. Neglecting basic maintenance items can get very expensive over time!
OMFG! This video was awesome!!! You sir would be great to work with if I was an apprentice.
Thank you!
Awesome job Ivan and don't forget to check the oil. LOL Happy Easter everyone.
Happy Easter to you and your beautiful wife Ivan.
Zap ⚡️ There's your problem lady...
tinkerwest This ain’t SMA Channel, and that isn’t Eric O: so what the everloving hell is it doing in my “suggested” feed?
Not quitesure what your rant is about but to make clear the reference: SMA, PHAD, NLA, etc are known and speak to each other and use each other's quips. Cheers!@@HighestRank
@@HighestRank Eric O recommended this channel in one of his videos. They might be friends. Eric O spoke highly of this man.
For all the critics here, EHT electrical intermittent problems (weather dependent too) are notoriously difficult to pin-point. PHAD done an excellent diagnosis of this which shows the difference between logical thought and parts-canons. Well done PHAD on this one.
Hoppy Easter. Hopping from vehicle to vehicle.
Good teaching, thanks!
Great, Great explanation and demonstration! Thank you, subscribing.
Had this exact same problem in my acura after it rain, it had spark and fuel but would not start, came back the next day after it was dry car fired right up didn't look into it. 2 weeks later it rained again and got a rough start with misfire until it got warm. replaced cap n rotor and all has been great since
I usually go with NGK as well but I have no problem with using Denso either if the NGKs aren’t available. Denso is quality stuff. I checked out a Chrysler 300m with a 3.5 Saturday leaking spark through a coil housing that shocked the piss out of me too. No matter how many times you’ve been got over the years it never fails to make your feet come off of the ground. At least I didn’t hit my head on the hood too. 😂
Hey Ivan, happy Easter to you and wife!! Well, parts are needed, it was kinda lacking on maintenance!! I like that test light to check for spark on wire. I thought that would fry it. As being so high volts.. that's what I was worried about
Ivan Happy Easter. Another informative video. Ivan one question do you always work in foul weather? Thanks much enjoy ❤️️
С Пасхой! Awesome troubleshooting with test light and water spray bottle. Old school is still best school. As always, great diagnostics and tech tips. Keep on keepin' on! Ура, приятель!
Excellent video, just got a 2001 Accord like this one u just fixed 👌🏽
Great job eliminating possible system problems and verifying the real cause. Happy Easter...(no roof fires).
My thoughts exactly. Happy Easter Ivan
great video... you have got balls starting spark plugs with a gun. proves your experience
Very educational. Having same problems with same car. Will try. Thx
Happy Easter Ivan and family
Great effort in troubleshooting and explanation. Awesome video! Typical young vehicle owner, drive it till it doesn't drive anymore then do breakdown maintenance!
Back in the days of carburetors flooding was a common occurrence. Crank and spit, crank and spit. No start, just spit.
One time my brother had severe flooding in winter and it would just tease you but not start. He played with it for a couple days and actually wore out his starter.
After putting on another starter, he went away for the day. While he was gone out I did old trick I used for hard starting engines ( especially flooded ) and took all the spark plugs and gapped them at about .005 to help the electricity go across the gap easier instead of the wet insulator. That did the trick , I made it clear out then put them all back.
I didn't tell him but my dad told him to try it again " I have a good feeling about it "
He was suspicious.
This was supposed to go on Kenny's page. It ended up here.
Nice use of the test light to inspect the wires and the cap. Never seeeennndd that before! I could use that trick!
This did not solve my 02 Accord"s very rare intermittent crank no start when over 30 C but it was still educational anyways. Always learn something here!
Using that impact on those plugs is freaking crazy.
Nicely done, Ivan. Admittedly, I'm slightly disappointed you didn't rebuild the distributor cap and spark plugs using only a matchbox car and an old shoe. But you get a pass for the holiday. ;)
Excellent video Ivan Thank you!
My pleasure, Argeny!
Great video Ivan well put together.
hanks Greg! Happy Easter to you!
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics You're welcome. Every time you post a video I can't wait to watch it. Are you still working for that company as a Engineer or are you doing the mobile business full time now.
Great troubleshooting. Only replaced parts needed 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😃
Happy Easter Ivan, loved the Christopher Walken impression when you said "... Tool.." when altering the spark plug gap. Don't keep that device in a place no one wants to look, that's my advice, buddy.
Like asked by another commenter I would like to know why you didn't replace the ignition rotor?Perhaps it is supplied with the distributor cap and not shown?Napa here in Canada list them separately.
@Paul Preddy Any ignition system that uses a distributor uses an ignition rotor,if only 1 ignition coil is used for more than 2 cylinders then a rotor is also required-like in the vehicle in this video.
My 96 Dodge Ram had a crank but no start. Turning the key, I didn't hear the pump so I pounded on the tank and the engine started. Replaced the pump and now it runs fine.
Rick Uyeda you couldn’t find a bigger hammer, I guess.
You make such good videos. I had to subscribe.
good video, nice you were able to help them
👍👍Happy Easter Ivan
Thank you, Richard!! You too!
Great repair. Sometimes it's the simplest things. Those Carquest wires
aren't the best. I had a set on my Integra They lasted about a year.
From now on i replace only with NGK blue wires or OE on a Honda. I
understand sometimes you have to go with what's on the shelf but Those
Autolite or those Carquest wires are junk.
I actually had a bad NGK blue wire bite me once on a Subaru. Can't trust any brand anymore haha
Go with the lifetime warranty, just replaced mine from oreilly auto, simple then
Thanks for the vid!
The lesson is get yer parts at Napper (not a sponsor). Great job on going old school. One suggestion though, have a can of carb cleaner on hand to spray in the intake to help narrow the testing down.
Especially with sparks leaking out of the wires xD
Haha, yeah mate, throttle body cleaner and ignition wires arcing, would have been interesting. .
The 1st distributor cap you had fits my 2000 Civic
That thing had to have been running extremely rough on its last day. LOL
It just needed to be LOVED!
Ivan I would of replaced the coil as well, hondas of that year are known for failure, the coil would be next to replace! Everything else is regular tuneup! Honda of this generation are still the best, they held up the test of time!!!
Love the video ivan!!!
You should had a look on the injectors to see if they were firing when the car was not running. The car does not need nothing. Maybe the spark plugs only. And the car was not working maybe because the ECU was not receiving RPM signal. Don't forget that on that design the spark is not controlled by the ECU. So if you have spark than you are good. You must chase other things.
Nice job....Tip of day if plugs are that bad then if it has spark plug wires and cap they are for sure just as far degraded need replaced as well