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Old 02-26-2005, 05:02 AM
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Default Turbo ITR firing on 3 cylinders - broken distributor?

Out of the blue, after about an hours driving in traffic, my ITR suddenly sounded like it was only firing on 3 cylinders. After a few mins driving, it sorted itself out and I thought no more of it.

Next night, same thing happened but it didn't sort itself out.. and I had to drive 150 miles home at like 30mph. The wideband was reading very erratically, between 12 and 19. Today I noticed a hairline crack in the distributor cap - could this be the problem?

If so, what might cause this to happen? Should I just go for a replacement stock distributor, or is it worth getting something more performance-oriented, if so what?

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Old 02-26-2005, 06:05 AM
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that could definitely be the problem, if not, you need to replace it anyways in order to eliminate the possibility.
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It could be the pickups on the distributor cap itself. Just pull it off real quick and see if one of the four pickups has been broken off. If it has, you could go OEM, or a modified MSD cap and then get an external coil.
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Default Re: Turbo ITR firing on 3 cylinders - broken distributor? (angela_itr)

pull the plugs and check them out too.
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check out the ignitor that same problem hit me
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Make sure you aren't running magnecor wires.
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Check your Injectors...
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