Faulty distributor cap
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Faulty distributor cap
So I was working on my car trying to put on a cool mod that iI thought of, and once I finish, the car started weird and there was a knocking sound so I turned it off immediately. the second time I tried to start it, it wouldn't turn over. i was freaking out.
i thought it was the timing belt so i checked and:
the belt was fine. so i checked for spark and no spark. then checked for spark coming from the coil and there was spark. so i decided to open the distributor:
I checked the distributor cap.
the contacts seemed to be fine. so i took a quick glance at the rotor and i noticed something was weird.
the striker was all eaten up. i took it off and checked to see how bad the gap was and
it was pretty bad.
now knowing what is wrong, soon ill replace the distributor cap and the rotor. hopefully it will be sorted out.
i thought it was the timing belt so i checked and:
the belt was fine. so i checked for spark and no spark. then checked for spark coming from the coil and there was spark. so i decided to open the distributor:
I checked the distributor cap.
the contacts seemed to be fine. so i took a quick glance at the rotor and i noticed something was weird.
the striker was all eaten up. i took it off and checked to see how bad the gap was and
it was pretty bad.
now knowing what is wrong, soon ill replace the distributor cap and the rotor. hopefully it will be sorted out.
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So I got the new cap and rotor,
and the car wouldnt start for the first five minutes.
so i took one of the spark plugs off to check it
it didnt look so bad, so i tried starting again.
it sputtered for a bit, tried to keep going and stopped.
tried again. and kept it going for a bit
it sputtered again and slowly the rpms climbed to an idle. lots of smoke out the back. im guessing the engine was flooded.
my question now is; its still smoking a little bit. what should i try now?
and the car wouldnt start for the first five minutes.
so i took one of the spark plugs off to check it
it didnt look so bad, so i tried starting again.
it sputtered for a bit, tried to keep going and stopped.
tried again. and kept it going for a bit
it sputtered again and slowly the rpms climbed to an idle. lots of smoke out the back. im guessing the engine was flooded.
my question now is; its still smoking a little bit. what should i try now?
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Wow has this car ever had a tune up?
Those plugs are shot and most likely why it was running crappy because that looks like a huge gap due to the fact that it has burned a large gap from not being changed often enough.
You should have much better fuel mileage after as well.
Those plugs are shot and most likely why it was running crappy because that looks like a huge gap due to the fact that it has burned a large gap from not being changed often enough.
You should have much better fuel mileage after as well.
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Wow has this car ever had a tune up?
Those plugs are shot and most likely why it was running crappy because that looks like a huge gap due to the fact that it has burned a large gap from not being changed often enough.
You should have much better fuel mileage after as well.
Those plugs are shot and most likely why it was running crappy because that looks like a huge gap due to the fact that it has burned a large gap from not being changed often enough.
You should have much better fuel mileage after as well.
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If you still have stock valve cover gaskets, I would bet money then when you pulled a plug, oil seeped in. It will smoke for quite a while (20 minutes for me) and run bad for a BIT, but should go back to normal. Those plugs look BAD though. Do that car some good and change the plugs and be SURE your timing is right.
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Changed the plugs with these:
and while changing the plugs i couldnt help but notice this:
is all this nasty buildup normal? after i changed the plugs, i gave the car a complete seafoam treatment and its running good.
and while changing the plugs i couldnt help but notice this:
is all this nasty buildup normal? after i changed the plugs, i gave the car a complete seafoam treatment and its running good.
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yes thats normal. your plugs looked like ****. how could you say they weren't that bad? as long as you have the im torn off, it would behoove you to go ahead and do the vc gasket. it's stupid not to, and probably why you started running like **** to begin with.
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