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A weird one...
Just went through a sequence of emails from a guy in Georgia.
He bought a '95 V6 Accord very cheaply from the owner, who gave up on it because he couldn't get it running. The Georgia guy was totally stumped, so asked me for any tips I might think of. We went through everything. There was spark, there was fuel, everything was apparently there. But the engine would crank and not show any sign of firing up. One thing he never mentioned until the very end was that the engine was blowing back through the intake, but compression was good. Guess what was wrong? The previous owner had installed a starter from some other vehicle that ran BACKWARDS from the Accord's proper starter. The engine was spinning the wrong way around when cranked. Replacing the starter with a correct one fixed the problem with no other changes. How's *that* for a "gotcha"? -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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A weird one...
Tegger wrote:
> Just went through a sequence of emails from a guy in Georgia. > > He bought a '95 V6 Accord very cheaply from the owner, who gave up on it > because he couldn't get it running. > > The Georgia guy was totally stumped, so asked me for any tips I might think > of. We went through everything. There was spark, there was fuel, everything > was apparently there. But the engine would crank and not show any sign of > firing up. > > One thing he never mentioned until the very end was that the engine was > blowing back through the intake, but compression was good. > > Guess what was wrong? > > The previous owner had installed a starter from some other vehicle that ran > BACKWARDS from the Accord's proper starter. The engine was spinning the > wrong way around when cranked. > > Replacing the starter with a correct one fixed the problem with no other > changes. > > How's *that* for a "gotcha"? > not bad! which reminds me - i must swap out the crappy bosch starter motor on my crx... regarding symptoms, i've seen blow-back from mis-timed cams, so it's on my list of things to look out for. mind you, /anything/ that's been obviously touched subsequent to factory is a potential gotcha in my book. some of the stuff you see some "mechanics" do - blows my mind. you couldn't teach it. the previous mechanic not comparing the old and new starter motors and not noting the different gear bevels for instance. |
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A weird one...
Tegger wrote: > Just went through a sequence of emails from a guy in Georgia. > > He bought a '95 V6 Accord very cheaply from the owner, who gave up on it > because he couldn't get it running. > > The Georgia guy was totally stumped, so asked me for any tips I might think > of. We went through everything. There was spark, there was fuel, everything > was apparently there. But the engine would crank and not show any sign of > firing up. > > One thing he never mentioned until the very end was that the engine was > blowing back through the intake, but compression was good. > > Guess what was wrong? > > The previous owner had installed a starter from some other vehicle that ran > BACKWARDS from the Accord's proper starter. The engine was spinning the > wrong way around when cranked. > > Replacing the starter with a correct one fixed the problem with no other > changes. > > How's *that* for a "gotcha"? > A good one! Another might be a A/C compressor for one of my gen2 civics. Since it faces the engine rather than sitting along side, it revolves in the opposite direction of a traditional compressor and I'll betcha you cain't mix the two... JT |
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A weird one...
On Apr 19, 10:26 pm, Tegger > wrote:
> Just went through a sequence of emails from a guy in Georgia. > > He bought a '95 V6 Accord very cheaply from the owner, who gave up on it > because he couldn't get it running. > > The Georgia guy was totally stumped, so asked me for any tips I might think > of. We went through everything. There was spark, there was fuel, everything > was apparently there. But the engine would crank and not show any sign of > firing up. > > One thing he never mentioned until the very end was that the engine was > blowing back through the intake, but compression was good. > > Guess what was wrong? > > The previous owner had installed a starter from some other vehicle that ran > BACKWARDS from the Accord's proper starter. The engine was spinning the > wrong way around when cranked. > > Replacing the starter with a correct one fixed the problem with no other > changes. > > How's *that* for a "gotcha"? > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Reminds me of a friend of mine who bought a Saab Sonnett way back when from somebody who couldn't get his self-installed alarm system to work. Sure enough, he'd grounded all the switches, etc. to the fibreglass. |
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