nope do not change the starter , if it was the starter , then the car wouldnt crank , check to see if you have spark , also spray a little carb cleaner inthe throttle body and see if it will start then die out again , if it does then you have a fuel problem , if you have no spark then you have an ignition problem , but something that is very commen on these hondas is the main relay , but lets start doing some testing first .

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well a very simple test is to listen for the relay to activate when you put the key in the on position , the relay is under the dash in the farthest most out of reach corner that honda couldve came up with , it is a large black relay , turn the key on , and listen for clicks under the dash , remember not start but on , also you can check to see if the fuel pump is getting power , the main relay supplys power to the fuel pump , if no power at the fuel pump than suspect bad main relay

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yes the relay is under the steering side of the dash , do you have a voltmeter to do some tests with ??

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possibly , but look at the illustrations i sent you , look at the pic of the main relay , now look underneath the dash , drivers side , find the main relay , put your hand on it , and turn the key to the on position , does it click ?? if not then replace main relay , if it does then we must begin doing some diagnosing , remember to always check all fuses first

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ok that eliminates that , know i need for you to spray some carb cleaner into the intake and then try to start the car , see if it starts momentarily, also check for spark at the end of the spark plug wires , find a extra spark plug or pull out a plug from the car , put it at the end of the spark plug wire , ground the plug to the engine and crank , do you have spark , you will need to do these two tests so that we can eliminate the one that is giving us problems, do these two tests seperate from each other please

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yes that is correct , takeoff the black air tube hose that comes from the air filter assembley and goes to the throttle body and spray some carb cleaner inside , not very much , just a few squirts will do , you dont have to reinstall the hose back on , just crank and see what happens

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sounds like youre doing it correctly , and does sound like a no spark issue , remove the distributer cap and inspect the rotor , also crank the engine and see if the rotor spins .

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ok good , then the timing belt is ok , now what you need to do is check for battery voltage to the coil , should be the black / yellow wire , is there battery voltage with key in the on position , or while cranking ?? should have battery voltage , also hook up your meter to both wires at the coil pos and negative and with an analog meter check if you have pulsations while cranking , if you do then replace the coil , if you dont let me know .

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did you already do the tests i asked you to do ??? you do these tests with the cap off

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no that should be fine , make sure that it is an analog meter, not digital

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did you mean to type cap , if you meant cap and its arching then replace it , and go ahead and put a new rotor also, then crank the car and go get a burger and a coke , well done

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ok hold on im confused , so you have spark coming out of the coil correct, but not from where it is supposed to come out of , is that what youre saying , the coil has the only 1 output , that sparks to the distributer cap , is this where the spark came out of?? or did it come out of the side of the coil , can you please remove the blackround cover that covers the coil , you will have to remove rotor .

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ok steve im confused know what lead do you have attached to the engine , do you have a cable from the coil to a plug grounded at the engine ?? is that what youre saying ,

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ok check the distributer cap and see if the button were the coil makes contact with is burned out , , remove the cap , and rotor do you see any arching marks on the coil , shouldnt have any . check to see if the coil is cracked , if not , then you should see a bad distributer cap or worn out rotor.

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ok steve remove all four spark plug wires from motor , but leave connected to the distributer cap , now place 4 spark plugs at the ends of the spark plug wires and lay them in order 1234 accross the engine , i want you to crank the engine and verify that all 4 spark plugs are getting a good clean spark , that is constant .

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ok steve then lets do this replace , the distributer cap , and rotor .if this doesnt do it then its definitly the coil. thats about all i can tell you buddy , let me know how it goes , because spark is erractic then you probably either have an arching distributer cap , a bad rotor , or the wires are just no good , i almost have a feeling that the rotor button on the distributer cap were the coil makes contact is either missing or broken, you can verify this when you purchase the new cap , start with the cap and rotor , i doubt very much that all wires would go out at the same time , hey by the way , there isnt any oil on the tips of those spark plug wires is there ??

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