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IALuder · 12-27-2004, 07:33 AM

I just finished a lsvtec build I bin working on. Im using a 2000ls block with a 2000b16head im still running the ls ecu obd1. it cranks over and sounds like it wants to start but wont. It has spark and fuel and im still running the stock injectors. what can be the problem???

**NOTE** im trying to help someone thats not me.

MissJDM · 01-16-2005, 02:57 AM

Are the spark plug wires in the right firing order?
If they are, try push starting it. If THAT doesn't work, PM me or respond.

IALuder · 01-16-2005, 03:12 AM

we he replaced the spark wires. still same problem. he bought a hondata and it cranked over. odd. but he got it working.

i think it was flooded. he tried so many times.

MissJDM · 01-16-2005, 11:01 PM

Sorry so late on the topic then, I never checked much into this side of the boards.

MissJDM · 01-16-2005, 11:01 PM

BTW: that's because it's generally so dead that I don't assume there's a post.

IALuder · 01-17-2005, 07:59 AM

well im starting to get into the B20a1 Vtec. so look here more often.

TriumphRoadster6 · 02-11-2005, 11:40 PM

One important thing to remember about engines is that they need 3 things to start: Power (electricity), fuel, and air. If they have those 3 things and the ECU is in order, it WILL start. Take a spark plug out of the number 1 cylinder, put your finger over the hole and turn the engine over a few times. If you feel your finger getting pushed out, you've got compression and therefore air. Another tool you might want looks something like a screwdriver, but has a clear handle. When you ground it and put it against something with electricity flowing through it, it lights up. Put it against the number one cylinder spark plug and turn the car over with the starter to see if you've getting power. If you are, then it must be fuel flow. Could be fuel pump, dirty injectors, etc. This may sound stupid, but make sure it has fuel to start with! We've finished restorations on old British cars at the shop I work at, wondering why they won't start, only to look at the gas gauge a few minutes later to see they haven't been filled up yet. That's a humbling experience...

Jazn671 · 03-04-2005, 11:43 PM

this may sound stupid but are all the grounds grounded? i've seen many swaps end up with forgetting the grounds. something stupid like that may be the problem.

12-27-2004, 07:33 AM	#1
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	LSVtec wont turn over I just finished a lsvtec build I bin working on. Im using a 2000ls block with a 2000b16head im still running the ls ecu obd1. it cranks over and sounds like it wants to start but wont. It has spark and fuel and im still running the stock injectors. what can be the problem??? NOTE im trying to help someone thats not me. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

01-16-2005, 02:57 AM	#2
MissJDM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Coast Age: 38 Posts: 2,244	Are the spark plug wires in the right firing order? If they are, try push starting it. If THAT doesn't work, PM me or respond. __________________ you say it best when you say nothing at all

01-16-2005, 03:12 AM	#3
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	we he replaced the spark wires. still same problem. he bought a hondata and it cranked over. odd. but he got it working. i think it was flooded. he tried so many times. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

01-16-2005, 11:01 PM	#4
MissJDM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Coast Age: 38 Posts: 2,244	Sorry so late on the topic then, I never checked much into this side of the boards. __________________ you say it best when you say nothing at all

01-16-2005, 11:01 PM	#5
MissJDM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Coast Age: 38 Posts: 2,244	BTW: that's because it's generally so dead that I don't assume there's a post. __________________ you say it best when you say nothing at all

01-17-2005, 07:59 AM	#6
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	well im starting to get into the B20a1 Vtec. so look here more often. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

02-11-2005, 11:40 PM	#7
TriumphRoadster6 Parked Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 35 Posts: 19	One important thing to remember about engines is that they need 3 things to start: Power (electricity), fuel, and air. If they have those 3 things and the ECU is in order, it WILL start. Take a spark plug out of the number 1 cylinder, put your finger over the hole and turn the engine over a few times. If you feel your finger getting pushed out, you've got compression and therefore air. Another tool you might want looks something like a screwdriver, but has a clear handle. When you ground it and put it against something with electricity flowing through it, it lights up. Put it against the number one cylinder spark plug and turn the car over with the starter to see if you've getting power. If you are, then it must be fuel flow. Could be fuel pump, dirty injectors, etc. This may sound stupid, but make sure it has fuel to start with! We've finished restorations on old British cars at the shop I work at, wondering why they won't start, only to look at the gas gauge a few minutes later to see they haven't been filled up yet. That's a humbling experience... __________________ _______________ Fear the 6

03-04-2005, 11:43 PM	#8
Jazn671 1st Gear Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Illinois Age: 44 Posts: 74	this may sound stupid but are all the grounds grounded? i've seen many swaps end up with forgetting the grounds. something stupid like that may be the problem. __________________ Suja 1 Motoring 502 E St. Charles Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-407-0711 www.suja1.com AIM:Jazn671

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