i have a 92 civic ex and if i take the battery out of the car for two days and come back it will start for about 3min and die. and will not start back up. while it is not starting it will not get a spark. i replaced the distributor and it does the same thing.

 

are you sure it doesn't have spark? if it comes on then dies i say fuel filter cause i had a problem like that before but it was a clogged fuel filter...

 

Does it crank over?

 

yeah it cranks over and i'm sure the spark is what is keeping it from starting

 

If you are not getting spark, then it can only be a couple things: coil, Ignition Control Module, Ignition switch, battery, fuses. Get a Hanes and test each one.

 

it could also be the ignitor

 

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but i'm checking spark straight from the wires and am getting nothing.

 

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