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Check engine light came on.

Car: Honda, Civic, 1988     -    Back to Fix-It    -    Honda Civic Repair Manuals

Q.1988 Civic,. 180,000 miles. ran good. Check engine light came on. Stoped car. 10 minutes later it wold not start. lights, radio, fan all work. Battery is good. Turn key and nothing. No sound, nothing.

Answer I feel you may have a bad ignition coil. I have testing for it HERE
Also I would get the fault codes from the engine light when it was tripped.
You can have it scanned or rent a scanner.
OR try to get them like below.
Accord, Civic, CRX, CR-V, del Sol, Odyssey & Prelude
PGM-CARB
If the PGM-CARB warning lamp is lit, turn ignition On, pull passenger side carpet inspection flap downward under instrument panel and observe LED on top of control unit. The LED indicates a system failure by its blinking frequency.
The control unit LED can indicate any number of simultaneous component conditions by blinking separate codes, one afte.. >> login for more

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