I got a 1989 Honda civic lx. I was driving it at 70mph when the oil light flashed couple times and the car died.what should I do or check next

Asked by jerry1972 Mar 05, 2014 at 01:44 PM about the 1989 Honda Civic LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

oil light flashed couple times and the car died. when I try to start it. it sounds like it jumped time. I pulled timing cover and belt is still tight

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Check if you have oil in the motor and if dont have oil in it. It means that your motor is bad

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still has oil sounds like timing jumped or a dead cylinder. I checked timing and it still in time

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