Q: 95 Civic will not start it cranks but doesn't turn on

asked by on July 20, 2016

My 95 Civic would idle high and and turn off once in a while now it just will not start the fuel pump turns on when I check the error codes it would blink 3 times pause and then 3 more timespause 3 more times.. any suggestions on what I should look at
My car has an automatic transmission.

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