Ignition question
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Drifting
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Ignition question
Last weekend after making six 1/8 passes the car died on us. The distributer was hot to the touch, talking real hot. Everything is new, plugs, wires, coil, cap, rotor, modual. After about 1/2 hour the car started up just fine. I have never seen this issue while driving it.
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
Last weekend after making six 1/8 passes the car died on us. The distributer was hot to the touch, talking real hot. Everything is new, plugs, wires, coil, cap, rotor, modual. After about 1/2 hour the car started up just fine. I have never seen this issue while driving it.
Have to be more specific.
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Drifting
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Guys it is ignition not fuel. I had no spark until the distributer cooled down. Everything is new including the modual and I keep a spare in the glove box. Why is the dist getting hot? Do I need to put a vent in my distributer cap?
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Still got the (secondary) ground strap installed for the coil?
Looks like this : http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_667381327___goes in the the center slot for the connection terminals of the distributor cap. The strap can stay stuck in the cap and can be easy to miss when replacing a cap.
Looks like this : http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_667381327___goes in the the center slot for the connection terminals of the distributor cap. The strap can stay stuck in the cap and can be easy to miss when replacing a cap.
Last edited by engle1147; Mar 11, 2011 at 02:56 PM.
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Drifting
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From: Montgomery Texas
Still got the (secondary) ground strap installed for the coil?
Looks like this goes in the the center slot for the connection terminals of the distributor cap: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_667381327___
Looks like this goes in the the center slot for the connection terminals of the distributor cap: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_667381327___
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I have got something crazy going on for sure. Sometimes when I launch the car it will go to missing and popping, and this happens if it is cold or hot. We have narrowed it to the wires that plug into the ecm because when we move them around the problem goes away. I made a new 12G ground wire from the battery to the Plentum, it bolts to the throttle cable bracket.
