TegBen

hi, i have this crazy thing with my car . . . .

92 Civic Dx HB with ZC swap . . . . anyways . . . the tach will sometimes . . . jump around all crazy and the motor feels as though its losing power when it does this . . . . could it be the distributor? if not what else . . . . wires, plugs, etc is ok . . .

also will a distributor off a b18 non vtec work?? assuming that is the problem of course . . .

hondasleeper

Sounds like you have a short somewhere in your distributer. Do you have a MSD ignition and/or a blaster coil bye chance? If you do the wires in from the coil going into the distributer are getting frayed bye the rotor.
Whatever it is something is causing a short and it will cause you tach to jump around.

I don't think a B18 non vtec distributer will help, but then again I could be wrong.

TegBen

well, i purchased a new distributor today and changed them out and there was no change . . . . the tach still jumps around . . . . . . . . i put in new plugs and wires and checked all my wires . . . . it even does it while im idle'ing now . . . . however when the idle changes, sometimes the tach will stop jumping around . . . . its crazy and its costing me money just to figure out what this is . . . .so if anyone has any other ideas or has experienced this before . . . please feel free to post any comments/suggestions that might be helpful . . . thank you

MrIllegalX

dude seriously...punctuation please.

TegBen

dude seriously . . . . focus on the point of the thread, not on being an english major


oh yeah, . . . . . . .

FrostySol

if it does it while at idle and while driving I'd check your IACV. Are you throwing a CEL by chance?

TegBen

I'm not quite sure about a CEL but i do know, that since ive done the swap, ive been throwing a 19 and a 27 i believe. A TPS code and something else, electric lode or something . . I havent had the chance to check these out. Oh by the way, in my car, i changed the automatic out to a standard when i put in the zc. Do I have to switch the green and yellow wires going into the TPS plug? because thats the only thing i can think of that would be throwing that code. But as far as in the CEL or whatever , im not sure . . . . keep sending the posts . . . thanks

TegBen

cmon guys more posts, . . . . @ least list me some things to check . . . . im going tommorow to the mechanic, thanks

TegBen

anything? no?

trev4

So what happend? It sounds like my car is having the same problem, it just started today. My car stalled on me 3 times anywhere from idle to 2g rpm.

leftbehind33

did you check the primary coil?? test the resistance and compare to spec.

leftbehind33

what about at higher rpm, is it fine??

leftbehind33

did the shop do an exhaust gas analysis by any chance??

trev4

nah, none of that stuff, a little damn ground wire connecting to the transmission was loose. That's it!