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Old 09-20-2004, 07:28 AM
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hey ive just swapped a b16a into a 91 si, but for some reason only one cylinder seems to be firing. I was wandering what the symptoms are for a bad resister box. Or if not the resister box, what would be causing this to happen. also What is the the proper way to test a distributor for spark? any help is appreciatted!

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Old 09-20-2004, 07:30 AM
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there are no symptoms, if the box doesn't work than it was wired wrong.
THEY DO NOT GO BAD!
Old 09-20-2004, 07:37 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iwhichisme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey ive just swapped a b16a into a 91 si, but for some reason only one cylinder seems to be firing. I was wandering what the symptoms are for a bad resister box. Or if not the resister box, what would be causing this to happen. also What is the the proper way to test a distributor for spark? any help is appreciatted!

tia,
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Old 10-14-2004, 07:04 PM
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bringing this back, can resistor boxes go bad?? my car won't start after turbo install and all trouble-shooting leads to injectors not firing....why?!?!!!!
Old 10-14-2004, 07:31 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turboteg2nv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bringing this back, can resistor boxes go bad?? my car won't start after turbo install and all trouble-shooting leads to injectors not firing....why?!?!!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

You know, I had the same thing happen when I tried converting my dx to mpfi, injectors had power but were getting so signal and wouldnt fire, I tried 2 diff boxes but nothing...i just left it as a bad ecu and had to convert everything back.....worst part is its an auto and damn ps9's are hard to come by.

So basicalyl I dont think they can "go bad" as joshDM said before.
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I already replaced the ECU, it's a stick though. still not starting...grrrr
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Id double check all your wiring again that is prob the problem, does it throw any codes?
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quadruple checked wiring on EVERYTHING times 3. everything is perfect. Not throwing any codes, either

What's wrong with my poor Teg?!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JoshDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there are no symptoms, if the box doesn't work than it was wired wrong.
THEY DO NOT GO BAD!</TD></TR></TABLE>

like he ^ said; it is like on/off switch, no in between.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX_1.8T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">like he ^ said; it is like on/off switch, no in between.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. all the wires are tied into each other..

maybe you just didn't bush the injector clips down all the way..??? (i did that once ) or something stupid like firing order..

are you sure that only 1 cylinder is firing? or is this just a guess?
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bump for an answer to my ?
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