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Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?

by jim beam <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nov 11, 2007 at 08:58 PM

robb wrote:
> "Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:Xns99E5680BBA59Dtegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "robb" <some@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>> news:13je4j6b51ijq37@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> news:Xns99E55C961285tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Does it eventually restart?
>>>> Igniter or coil. Most likely igniter.
>>> no, it did not and does not restart.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to test the ignitor ?
>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun
>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/startproblems.html#badigniter
>>
> 
> You got it Tegger,
> Ignitor had failed *off*.  i connected it up with bulb trick  and
> it would not switch , then i compared to a new one which switches
> just fine.
> 
> 
> One more question : when i lifted the distributor cap i found the
> *spring* that sits between the coil and the distributor cap  ...
> well the  top part was bent way over and appears that it was not
> making the connection it should with the cap. *BUT* rather it was
> just a spark gap.  There is a nice burned spot on the small metal
> contact post that is up in the distributor cap
> 
> Ques:   Could that condition where the contatct spring between
> the *Coil* and the  *Cap* is not connected cause stress on the
> ignitor or thew coil and maybe cause pre-mature failure ?
> 
> my reasoning being that a spark gap was causing some parts of the
> ignition system to work harder maybe due to less performance from
> the double sparking that had to occur ?
> 
> thanks so much for the help ,
> rob
> 

quite possibly, although the igniter should be able to cope with full 
open circuit discharge.  it's academic at this stage - you need a new 
distributor cap and rotor, and you already have a new igniter.  now 
you'll be set for the next several years.
 




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'93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
"robb" <some  2007-11-11 08:25:23 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-11 14:06:42 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
"robb" <some  2007-11-11 09:32:56 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-11 15:14:01 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
"robb" <some  2007-11-11 23:49:19 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
jim beam <spamvortex@[  2007-11-11 20:58:52 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-12 13:39:43 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-12 20:10:33 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-12 20:17:16 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
"robb" <some  2007-11-13 00:33:06 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-13 13:41:34 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
"robb" <some  2007-11-13 09:28:51 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL   2007-11-13 19:30:20 
Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?
jim beam <spamvortex@[  2007-11-13 06:06:46 
Re: [Repaired] '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highw
"robb" <some  2007-11-21 04:19:26 

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