It died.......again

[adymeblack]

I've been having problems with this car from day one.

Anyhow, last Saturday we had a large storm roll through the dropped about 5 in or so of rain, luckily I wasnt driving in it. The next day I hop in my cb7 and I notice it making a weird noise, can't really describe it but I noticed it right away. It was acting kind of sluggish and the motor was a little bit jerky. The next day I was driving home from work and it gradually lost power. I would hit the gas and nothing would happen until it slowly ran down and died and I can't get it to start again. I'm wondering if it could be either the fuel pump or the filter. Could I be right or am I completely off?

Thanks

[axmarque]

are your spark plug wires secured?

[adymeblack]

they are

[stretch JDM]

does your car have any leaks , when it pours like that ? maybe worth the time to pull the carpet on the passenger side . see if you have any water around you e.c.u. shield. also did you check the dist. and see if you had any condensation ?

[adymeblack]

I haven't had any problems like this in any other weather. I haven't checked the distributor,but it's been sitting for over a week to dry out And it still doesn't start as of this afternoon. I'll check it as soon as I can just to double check. I don't expect to find anything though cause I didn't even drive it that day so I dont know how water could get in there.

[acefighter028]

maybe there is a hole on the otherside of the ECU behind the passenger footwell and water got down there? just a thought. You can get a new one at pick-n-pull

[Johnz826]

U gotta go through the elimination process. Determine if ur getting spark or fuel. Pull the intake off, open the throttle body and spray brake cleaner in it for a second or two. Quickly start the car, if it fires up for a couple seconds u have spark and no fuel. If it doesnt start, well u have an ignition issue. Try that and see where u get. good luck

[stevediraddo]

i really hope water hasnt found its way into your air intake

[adymeblack]

I can see how it's possible that water made it's way to some various part of my engine however; I think it would be quite difficult to get anywhere to cause these kinds of problems be quad the day ofthe storm the car didn't move an inch. But I'm no expert, that's why I ask you fine people for help.

This may be a real long shot, but could it possibly be the flywheel? here is my reasoning:

When I first got the car it would make a bunch of noise around 3k rpm. I replaced the starter a couple weeks ago die to a dead spot and most of he noise went away. Could it be that the teeth on my flywheel are destroyed the starter and vice versa, and the fact it died and started acting weird after the storm is just coincidence?

Like I said a long shot

[RyanDude]

U gotta go through the elimination process. Determine if ur getting spark or fuel. Pull the intake off, open the throttle body and spray brake cleaner in it for a second or two. Quickly start the car, if it fires up for a couple seconds u have spark and no fuel. If it doesnt start, well u have an ignition issue. Try that and see where u get. good luck

Making sure your alternator didn't die, does the battery still have voltage? Did you have dash lights come on when it was in the process of dying? Got a voltmeter!?

[adymeblack]

My voltage is fine, all the lights come on and beep and all that fun stuff. I don't think its my battery, I haven't had any problems with that.

[RyanDude]

yet....

[adymeblack]

very true......



did the starter fluid thing, it sounded like it wanted to start for a couple seconds, but never actually started

[RyanDude]

More! More! More!

[904drACCORDMANG]

sounds like the ignition module to me, a few months back I switched my internal coil to a accel and went through 3 modules in a month all givin me the same symptoms, have u noticed a jumpy tach at all?