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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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my jdm distributor is starting to tick and my vtec isnt engage. what is causing this ticking noise.
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 05:03 PM
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a ticking dist? never heard that before...i dont know take out the dist cap and look for unusual this...make sure the rotor is tight.
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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some people are telling me that the bearing is going out
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 05:36 PM
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that would make a howling noise.
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 08:39 AM
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Default Re: distributor ticking (shooitzlinh)
you blew your distributor it sounds like the bearings are shot in it i blew my distributor in my 93 prelude it cost about 225 rebuilt and there easy to change.
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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i took the distributor out today and turned the shaft with my hands. as i would turn it it would make a squeky noise each time.
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 03:45 PM
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i would go ahead and change it and like burnheimer said they're not that hard to change either. then get your timing adjusted to
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umm would this cause for a popping affect because of this bad distributor... when it hits 5k its starts to pop and there is no vtec....
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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yeah a ticking dizzy is a pretty good indication that your dizzy bearings are goin out. (at least in my expeirence had 3 diffrent ones to this.)
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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will that cause for a popping affect at 5k rpm and no vtec?
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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Possibly. I haven't run across that problem but it will affect your timing so its possible that it affects your VTEC engagement as well.
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Old Dec 4, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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just ordered a distributor from distributor king hopefully this solves the problem
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Old Dec 4, 2004 | 09:39 PM
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it should if it had play in the shaft.
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