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MrBen
03-27-2003, 04:06 PM
My friends 93 civic EX died while he was driving down the road. It started struggling, and then the car just kept like restarting itself, then just died. Belts and battery are fine. What gives?
dXsquared
03-27-2003, 04:21 PM
alternator... but if the battery is reading 12 V when its off.. its no the alt... fuel pump or ignition problem then

Travis
MrBen
03-27-2003, 04:37 PM
Ignition problem means Spark plugs, injectors?
Jareds 89 LX-i
03-27-2003, 08:53 PM
Didn't those Civics have the same ignition problem with the distributors that the 4th gen Accords did? I can't remember for sure, but I though they did.
MrBen
03-27-2003, 09:22 PM
I was thinking the same exact thing. His car is in the shop now though, I'll keep ya posted if you guys want me to.
dXsquared
03-28-2003, 10:39 AM
sure
Travis
AccordEpicenter
03-29-2003, 09:57 PM
could be ignitor
MrBen
03-29-2003, 10:16 PM
ignitor or bad ecu or bad wires according to the shop. More to come soon.
MrBen
04-01-2003, 10:36 PM
Turned out to be a bad ECU. Apparently, on his 1993 Civic EX, the ECU's dont go bad. So they dont make them anymore. So... the shop charged him 600 bucks for analysis of the problem, a used ECU, and installation.

What a ripoff.
AccordEpicenter
04-02-2003, 11:03 PM
i saw a civic just like that last week, same problem, it stumped the mechanics bigtime.
smufguy
04-03-2003, 09:30 AM
for a 93 civic

Engine A common problem on this vehicle is failure of the Distributor, and an occasional problem is failure of the the Oxygen Sensor. Failure of the Distributor may prevent the vehicle from starting.The cost to repair the Distributor is estimated at $484.00 for parts and $52.00 for labor.The cost to repair the Oxygen Sensor is estimated at $130.00 for parts and $33.00 for labor.All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.

i also read that they had the ECU problem but seems like i cant find out where the heck that info is. :mad:
MrBen
04-03-2003, 11:53 AM
The ECU's seem to be rare! I searched ebay and found one!
AccordEpicenter
04-03-2003, 01:58 PM
you can get anything on ebay, cept guns maybe
smufguy
04-03-2003, 05:48 PM
hit a junkyard, u will be swamped. I am planning on getting the lude (Si) ecu later this summer
MrBen
04-06-2003, 12:27 PM
ECU didnt fix it! Ahh!
smufguy
04-06-2003, 07:14 PM
could be the ignitor like accordepicenter mentioned