vanillakilla
Senior Member
hey I just rebuilt my b18a1 and finally put it in and I'm having problems. First off when the car idles there is a loud ticking (I adjusted the valves to minimum spec) and the ticking gets louder as the engine revs. When I was driving it I realized I had a coolant leak because I forgot to clamp down my heater hoses. As soon as I fixed that problem I started the car and it started and after about 45 seconds it stalled and now it won't start. The engine turns over but doesn't fire. I sprayed some brake kleen in the throttle body and the engine will fire. I did the fuel troubleshooting in the helms manual and it said to test the main relay for continuity and there is continuity between all of the terminals it told me to test except for 5 and 7 which is fuel pump and ignition. so I think my main relay is bad but I don't understand why that would happen. I appreciate any help. thanks