Distributor going????

1044 Views 4 Replies 4 Participants Last post by phan, Feb 24, 2002

ZC_Hybrid

Discussion Starter · Feb 23, 2002

well ive been having a problem with my car having an extremely low idle and even stalling when i come to an idle. So i pulled vacuums lines and there seemed to be no problem with those. So i popped the plugs out and 3 of them were covered in oil, so i replaced the plugs, valve cover gasket adn grommets, spark plug wires and distributor cap and rotor(i still havent gotten the damn rotor off any one know a good way please tell me), well after i pulled the distributor cap off i noticed a shit load of metal shavings in the bottom of the cap so i looked at the bottom of the distributor adn there was a shit load more, so has anyone had the same problem??? Was the whole distributor going bad? or what? I havent put it back together yet becuase i cant get the damn rotor off either its feels loose but i dont wanna pull on it to hard so if you have any ideas please tell me thanks

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knightridergs-r

· #2 · Feb 23, 2002

when my distributor was goin all my electronics were shuttin down slowly and my idle was different made a funny noise

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zcivic91

· #3 · Feb 24, 2002

ok the dust in the cap is normal...
it should just be a 10mm bolt to take off the rotor..i dunno havent done mine yet.

also when u changed those plugs..was there on the tip or just the threads..if the tip and stuff was soaked with oil then maybe ur burning oil..have u checked the oil to see if ur burning some?? or it could have been the valve cover gasket which u replaced...but make sure ur not buring oil

i dont think the dist. is goin bad...maybe u just need to turn that flat screw on the t.body to raise the idle..wat is it idling at 500??

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ZC_Hybrid

Discussion Starter · #4 · Feb 24, 2002

well the plugs were only soaked around the threads thats it, and for the dust the shavings are actuaaly metal its not dust at all, i found out where the bolt is and its an allen head so it looks like ill be buying some allen heads today, and im lucky if it idles a 500 its more like around 2-4 hundred and ive adjusted the idle air control motor a ton already

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phan

· #5 · Feb 24, 2002

if i remember correctly, the rotor is held on by an allen-head screw. it was a bitch to get off because of the position it was in. i know what you're talking about with it feeling loose, but i don't think it's almost off...it's either on or not. just keep at it, it'll come off after awhile.

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