Strange problem on Honda civic engine

[imiceman44]

So I have my wife's old 2003 Honda civic lx with the 1.7 L and it had 245k miles on original everything so I figured before I lost a timing belt I should do the whole thing.
I changed belts, tensioners, water pump, cam and crank seals, cam position sensor (had a code) valve cover seals, adjusted the valves, and changed spark plugs.
Put a new radiator because the tank had a little crack and wouldn't show any leaks but in a few weeks it would overheat and finally I saw the steam.
Anyway all went well, ran great, smogged no problem then couple of weeks later it died and wouldn't start.
Code Crank position sensor.
I let it sit a couple of months till I had time when it wasn't raining and got it changed and it still didn't start.
It was smelling like flooding so I just gave up and left it.
2 months later I got tired of looking at it and decided I am getting to the bottom of it.
Thought maybe the timing belt skipped or something out of sync.
So I pulled the spark plugs and performed a compression test and got 190psi on the low end and 210psi on the high end.
But looking at the plugs they were rusted and had rusty scales on them.
Cleaned them up and tried again and it tried to start.
Put new plugs and now it runs fine.
Theory when it wasn't starting the injectors were still spraying and washed the oil from the cylinders and it sat so it rsuted, by the time I fixed the sensor the spark couldn't jump the rust.
Any thoughts?

 

[skunked]

NM- Just noticed you said cps code.

What brand CPS sensor did you use?

 

[imiceman44]

NM- Just noticed you said cps code.

What brand CPS sensor did you use?

Denso

 

[imiceman44]

NM- Just noticed you said cps code.

What brand CPS sensor did you use?

The problem was the crank position sensor, had code pop up, but I waited too long to fix it, in the meantime the spark plugs rusted.
In the end I had that car sitting for 6 months before it was all fixed for good.

 

[K85 Octane]

6 months is a long time?
Or only because you think the injectors kept firing and washed the walls?
Do you think the injector thing was solved with the new sensor?

No input, just curious

 

[imiceman44]

6 months is a long time?
Or only because you think the injectors kept firing and washed the walls?
Do you think the injector thing was solved with the new sensor?

No input, just curious

Oh yeah I know the new sensor solved the problem because it was running for a couple of weeks and then the sensor went out.
And those spark plugs were new when the sensor went out.
It just is unbelievable how fast they rusted, had me thinking maybe the sensor was bad, and really didn't want to go back in to change it.

 

[skunked]

The correct plugs shouldn’t do that, what kind did you install? I’ve had several Honda’s and never had an issue with plugs fouling like that with a failed CPS.

 

[imiceman44]

The correct plugs shouldn’t do that, what kind did you install? I’ve had several Honda’s and never had an issue with plugs fouling like that with a failed CPS.

That's not it.
When the cps went out I was cranking trying to start and injectors were spraying with no spark. Washed the cylinders clean from any oil. Then it sat for six months in the cold wet winter.

Spark plugs were ngk iridium just like what I put again.

 

[skunked]

Those are the correct plugs but I still have never seen iridium plugs rust like that and I've bought a couple dead Honda's with failed CPS's. Old V8's sitting with autolites are a different story . If it run's now I wouldn't think twice about it.