just look at the picture that shows the cylinder numbers
now look on the dizzy cap where the wires plug onto it. there's little numbers on it. make sure the wire plugged onto number one on the dizzy goes to the plug on cylinder 1, and so on
just look at the picture that shows the cylinder numbers
now look on the dizzy cap where the wires plug onto it. there's little numbers on it. make sure the wire plugged onto number one on the dizzy goes to the plug on cylinder 1, and so on
-Mark D.
firing order
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
yeah, just to confuse your further, that dizzy cap in the pic is for FI, not carb, so just make sure you match up the numbers to the cyl
ah F it, check your PM, just give me a call if you can. I PM'd you with my home number.
-Mark D.
ok i got the firing order all good.....it was right the whole time so now we know its not that right? but could it still be the gaps?Originally Posted by markmdz89hatch
yep, check the gaps. ...and I'm still suspicious of that cap and rotor too, and make sure the wires are popped all the way on the plug heads, and they are also seated well into the dizzy cap.
-Mark D.
ok how do i check the rotor?? and what to look for when i do? wire are popped all the way in too
this guy 89sei89dx in my other thread said he was having the same problem and he had a vaccum tube unpluged
Last edited by bwallace530; 03-25-2009 at 07:14 PM.
any chance you can call? it'll be much faster that way.
-Mark D.
yeah in just a min im eating then i will
Check the timing. Firing order is probably fine. There's noooooo question when that's flubbed up. I'd say ditch the whiz-bang plugs until you get it running. Take back the V-Powers and run the OEM recommended plugs for now. You have all kinds of time to worry about performance later. Remember that the ECU was unplugged and the old plugs were FUBAR. The cylinders and exhaust are probably chock full of God only knows what. To get it to run, the PO probably had to do some seriously creative detuning. He or she probably monkeyed with a lot of important carb settings too. Run a few cans of Techron through it and that should help a lot. I don't recommend Seafoam. Do a full tune up like the guys have been describing. You might want to take it to a good carb shop just to make sure it isn't all screwed up.
I recommend that you sit down this weekend and read the manual cover to cover. You're asking a lot of questions that any cursory scan of the manual will answer. Know what's in there and you'll save yourself a lot of heartache in the long run.
Good luck!
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
Shop manual downloads available here: CLICK TO VIEW
hey and thanks again for helping me out and talking me threw this crap, im hoping it is the fuel filter it does make sense after it went to empty all this shit is happing
well we will see 2marrow when i change it out.
V-powers are basically the oem ones lol
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
yeah the v-powers are they say it right on the box
i have one more ? what kind of oil should i use when i change my oil??
10w-30 or 10w-40
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