Ok, i have had my car (the black 4dr i just got) up for sale for the past week. Well some guy was interested and wanted to take it for a test drive.I went along as he was giving it a fair amount of gas. He wanted to get on the highway, but i told him it would be better if we diddnt due to expired tags and tank was on E. So we went around the block and the car drove perfect. When we got back he left the car on as he poped the hood and checked it over one more time.
While the engine was idling he proceeded to pull out sparkplug wire #2 and the car started idling really bad, then he would plug it back in and it would idle fine again. After he did this like 3 times, i just went and turned the car off. He said "I'll be back with the money in about 30min" Assuming that he saw the "$1200" all over the car and not even trying to talk me down I thought he was fine with that price. When he gets back he explains that he only has $900. So i said just come on back when you have the full ammount. The next day someone else wanted to see the car so i opend the doors, trunk and hood and tried to start it. The starter turns fine, but I get no startup.
I cant tell if my fuel just got too low and clogged the injectors or somethign. I checked all fuses and tried starting the car with starter fluid. But it just seems like it dont want to start now. Whats up?

 

push start that biatch and put some fuel on it... and buy some injector cleaner or seafoam...

 

Umm... did you put more gas in it?

 

If my car is low on gas it may take much longer cranking before engine starts up.

 

i put a gallon of gas and have been trying to start it for the past 3 days. And its auto so i can't push start it..... can i? Its showing about 3 galons on the gauge which should be plenty. Im thinking somehow he killed the ign coil. Im guessing i dont have any spark since I tried starter fluid.

 

Did you actually check if you have a sparks on all cables?

 

Pull a plug wire out, stick a screwdriver in the wire, and rest it on the valve cover almost touching a valve cover bolt, and try to start the car. If you see an arch, you have spark. If not you know what to start troubleshooting.

 

I would be pissed off if someone did this. Did he pour sugar in the gas tank too?

 

Yea, what the hell would he do that while the car is running if it was running fine? I would understand if he was checking for a dead cylinder...

 

also, the gas guages are always off anyways with Civics....