Ok, So were going down 275, right before the exit to I-4 and all of a sudden the car starts bogging down like it wants to stall, but its in gear, No matter what gear it was in, It just didn't want to stay running, Backfiring and such. Pulled it into neutral, and it just stalled, coasted to the side of the road. So were trying to get it to start back up (Meanwhile we got it off 275) and it just cranks, and backfires. Checked the spark, All good, Checked the fuel from the fuel filter, all good, timing belt is fine, and properly timed. Now we just keep trying to crank it and get it to start, and it did start and idle for a second or two twice, but thats it.

Any insight?

By the way, Its a 90' Si

 

check your distributor cap ....it might of came loose..good luck

 

check the rotor button, it isn't making good contact due to the screw being loose.

 

check the main relay had the same fucking thing happen

 

If it is not the rotor or main relay, it sounds like the TDC sensor inside the distributor. If that is your case, unless you know how to rebuild a distributor, you need a new one.

 

like dropcivic said...
check the distributor rotor to see if the screw dropped out. seen this happen a bunch of times...the symptoms you described are exactly what happens when it comes loose. and don't think that having a good spark by checking it at a plug wire means that the rotor isn't loose....the rotor will still turn but it is way off from the timing it should be. pull the dist. cap off and check that rotor.

 

+1 for the rotor, same thing happened to two of my buddies, good luck. -Ben

 

don't have any advice other than suggested but I think I saw you, I was in the green integra, black wheels....witht he black rsx w/ gunmetla rims...was that you?

MAtt

 

Yeah that was probably us, black CRX? We'll we were the only black CRX broke down on 275 o_o

BTW, Dizzy rotor people were right, that was the problem. (Couldn't get the cap off on the side of the road though)

 

+1 w/ above