1991 Acura Integra

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AnthonyD - 09 Jan 2006 21:31 GMT

A great car--but when the car starts it won't rotate. Llights, horn, etc.
work. Is it the battery?

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TeGGeR® - 09 Jan 2006 23:49 GMT

> A great car--but when the car starts it won't rotate. Llights, horn, etc.
> work. Is it the battery?

Be more specific.

Choose the correct symptom:
1) Total silence when key is turned;
1) Clicks when key is turned and no other sound;
2) Chugga-chugga-chugga but no cough or other sign that it wants to fire;
3) Chugga-chugga-cough-chugga-cough-cough-chugga-chugga.

If #1 or #2, turn dome light on. Now turn key to START. What happens to the
dome light while you have the key turned to START?

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AnthonyD - 10 Jan 2006 01:53 GMT

consistent #2 and occasional #3. Will try the dome light tomorrow morning.

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TeGGeR® - 10 Jan 2006 13:55 GMT

> Tegger wrote:
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>> consistent #2 and occasional #3. Will try the dome light tomorrow
>> morning.

If you're getting 2 and 3, the dome light tells you nothing.

Check for spark. Are you getting a nice fat blue-white spark?
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/startproblems.html#checkspark

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Jim Yanik - 10 Jan 2006 00:13 GMT

> A great car--but when the car starts it won't rotate.

then it is NOT "starting".
"rotate" is "cranking","starting" is when it fires up and runs.

> Lights, horn, etc.
> work. Is it the battery?

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