# Need help asap!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-asap/64007>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [April 24, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-asap/64007 "2011-04-24T02:22:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-asap/64007/21 "2011-04-24T18:20:24Z")

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The seal should be nothing more than an O-ring. take the old one, and hit your local O’Reily’s, Autozone, etc, and they’ll have a box of o-rings you can choose from. They’re about 50 cents each.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-asap/64007/22 "2011-04-24T19:09:10Z")

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Remove the center wire from the distributor cap. Hold the end about 1/2 inch away from any metal surface and have someone crank the engine. A nice blue spark, several of them, should jump off the end of the wire…If so, the distributor is fine…

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**Author:** ![dberg1363](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@dberg1363](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dberg1363)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-asap/64007/23 "2011-04-30T15:49:51Z")

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What should I do if i dont have a spark at all?

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