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okay guys here's the scoop buddy of mine has 88 civic dx, it's been runin' fine until the other day pu;;in' into a toll it just died, so now were outside replace dist seal, valve cover gasket, fuel filter, plugs.. cranks won't turnover. off to the parts store again this time carb/cleaner spray cranked turned over than died. the engine only turns over if we continue to spray the carb. the minute we stop sprayin' the car shuts off..

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check the main relay, when you turn the key it should click and you should hear the fuel pump prime, if it doesnt take a look at this link


http://techauto.tripod.com/mainrelay.htm

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well did you check the normal ----? does the fuel pump prime, is there spark, is there fuel being sprayed, etc.

...any reason in particular why you changed the dizzy seal and valve cover gasket lol

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haha didnt even notice that, wtf

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we changed the dizzy seal cause it was leakin', we disconnected the fuel lines,and turned igniton to the on postion, and gas leaked, his plugs was soaked so we replaced the whole valve cover set, when we tried to set it, it just cranked the second we tried startin' it while sprayin' carb/cleaner it turned over the second we stop it shuy off

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ok...so can you hear the pump prime? and the plugs were soaked with fuel? if thats the case, move on to checking for spark(which sounds like the problem if you have fuel)

edit: just noticed you said it ran off of spray, so i guess its not spark

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i didn't check the dizzy cause like I said durin' the crank if I spray the carb, with the carb/cleaner the engine turns, the second I stop sprayin' the engine dies.. but I know you guys know best so the dizzy will come apart in the mornin' it's already dark down here in south FLA...

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okay just swapped main relay from a EF si and nothing so in the a.m. I swap out the guts from the dizzy, and hope magic happens.. thanks for givin' me leads guys. god bless

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make sure your injector wires are making good connections. thats the only onther thing i can think of...

it happened to me, same thing. just try wiggling the wires/ resoldering them...

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it's a carburetored engine