another car wont start
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another car wont start
98 civic with eagle/vitara setup. I was doing a 3rd gear pull on the highway. yes its tuned by a reputable tuner(sewell94) and it just cut out, everytime i touched on the gas while it was in gear it back fired. then tried starting it and all it would do was back fire and turn over. I get spark I have a see through dizzy cap and can see spark. it gets gas because of the back fires. and I know it gets air. The ignition switch was recently changed.
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Re: another car wont start
check the little spring thingy in the rotor, make sure it didnt come out/ snap/break. that has happened to me and i get spark and backfires, but only until i checked with my hand over the plug hole and watched the spark to see if it was in time i realized it was not. took the rotor off and found out it was broken and had turned on the distributor shaft
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Re: another car wont start
also JDM distributors are notorious for having the bearing go bad. take the dizzy off and the rotor off and make sure it spins freely.
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Re: another car wont start
sorry for the long delay. I took the cap off the Dizzy and the Rotor was blown to a bunch of pieces. new rotor and it started right up
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