car wont start after i changed the camshaft

[deevergote]

If it's the plug wire order, that's easy... just make sure they're all in as they should be!

The distributor is keyed, so it only goes in one way. That shouldn't be off... unless it was forced on... then it'll be 2 off.



When you put the camshaft in, did you make sure that both the timing mark on the cam gear and the timing mark on the crank pulley were showing #1 at TDC? That's the biggest thing. You can't just slap a camshaft on without doing that. The valves have to open and close at the right time! It can't be too far off, or you'd probably have hit some valves with the pistons when cranking... If you didn't make sure that timing was correct, then you're lucky that you didn't do that.

[NAiL05]

I say his spark timing order is off.

Yea as he said. That would be the easiest thing to check before going more in depth for timing.

[detok]

any mechanic in l.a. that can check my cb cause mine dont answer

[deevergote]

I've asked my question twice, with no answer. This is something you can check yourself


Are the timing marks on the cam gear and crank pulley where they should be? When the crank pulley shows that #1 is at TDC, does the mark on the cam gear say the same? If not, thank the Honda gods for not destroying your motor, and make it so.

[Fake Thug]

I've started my car before with the wires in the wrong cylinders. Ran like absolute chit. Check them just to be sure. Sounds to me like the timing is off. Try loosening the dizzy and first rotate it all the way towards the firewall, then try to fire. if that fails rotate all the way towards the radiator. Try to fire.If it acts like it wants to start in either of those positions(smoke puffs out the exhaust), then thats your problem. You should pull the cap off of the dizzy, pull the dizzy off the head and turn the rotor 180 degrees from its current position, then reinstall the dizzy,wires and see if it starts.

[deevergote]

The car will start with the dizzy clocked to the extreme in either direction.

It's likely the actual mechanical timing that is the problem. That, or his igniter, coil, or main relay crapped out on him, and that it happened when he did the camshaft is just a coincidence. (just because the camshaft was changed doesn't necessarily mean that action is the cause of the no-start)

[Fake Thug]

The car will start with the dizzy clocked to the extreme in either direction.

It's likely the actual mechanical timing that is the problem. That, or his igniter, coil, or main relay crapped out on him, and that it happened when he did the camshaft is just a coincidence. (just because the camshaft was changed doesn't necessarily mean that action is the cause of the no-start)

I get that, but if the dizzy is not installed back the same way it came out the car will not start(assuming he pulled it). If he pulled it out with the rotor pointing at number 1 cylinder then reinstalled it with the rotor pointing at number 3 cylinder, it will not fire. If he turns the dizzy in either direction pegged, that might give him an idea of how far off he is.

[deevergote]

As I said previously, the dizzy is keyed. He'd have to force it on to make it 2 cylinders off (which, again, isn't necessarily impossible...)

[d112crzy]

I get that, but if the dizzy is not installed back the same way it came out the car will not start(assuming he pulled it). If he pulled it out with the rotor pointing at number 1 cylinder then reinstalled it with the rotor pointing at number 3 cylinder, it will not fire. If he turns the dizzy in either direction pegged, that might give him an idea of how far off he is.

yes it will. You'd just have to wire in the spark plugs 180* off.

Plus, the ONLY way to install it 180* off, besides by hammering it in there, is to take the metal pin out from the rotor and then flipping it 180*. I've done this on accident a few times when taking distributor apart.

[Fake Thug]

As I said previously, the dizzy is keyed. He'd have to force it on to make it 2 cylinders off (which, again, isn't necessarily impossible...)

You are right. It is keyed. More of Honda's idiot proofing. I guess...LOL...

[LX_Accordian]

hmm,

i've been having somewhat of the same problem.
lately its been taking me 4-5 tries, sometimes even more to get my car to start.