汽车故障检修诊断（MOTOR杂志2010年8期）.pdfVIP

Trouble Shooter Honda’s Civic was a late arrival at the coil-on-plug party, and many Civics with distributor ignition systems are still soldiering on. You may need to dust off some old skills when their reliability falters. Secondary Losses der 4 seemed low, but I attributed that to the I am working on a 2000 Honda Civic that has cylinder walls being washed down with gasoline. about 125,000 miles on it. It has a 1.6L fuel-inject- Even with low compression in one cylinder, the ed engine and a four-speed automatic transmis- engine still should have started. Karl sion. The vehicle arrived at our shop behind a tow The engine was obviously getting plenty of fuel, truck after the owner was unable to get it started. but I decided to check fuel pressure next. Pressure Seyfert A quick inspection revealed that the engine was was 40 psi and the fuel smelled normal. I also completely flooded with gasoline and the spark checked the engine and chassis grounds (good). I kseyfert@ plug center electrodes were worn to the nubs. I’d tried drying out the engine a second time, then be surprised if they had ever been changed during unplugged the injectors and used a small amount the past ten years. The car does not belong to a of starting fluid to try to start the engine. No luck. regular customer and looks like it has had very lit- I removed the pre-cat oxygen sensor in case the tle in the way of routine maintenance. exhaust was restricted. Still no go. Suggesti