Tonight when i rolled up to my other DA to give it a jump I noticed a belt grinding sound. Looked under the hood to expect a loose belt but the noise came from the distributor??? Havn't looked at it yet b/c it was late and I wanted to go to sleep but what could it be???

 

sounds like the brg. in the dist. has gone bad . pull the cap and check to see if the inside of the cap and dist. is dirty (a brown colored dust)
if it is, replace the dist. assy.

 

thats exactly what it looks like and also descovered that the timing is off a little. Like the cam gear itself.

 

thats how one of our integs sounded..the bearing in the distributer went out

 

Would the car cut off b/c of this. It cut off on me when i was trying to jump my other integ????

 

it will freeze up completely and do some major damage if you run it that way too long. Swap out distributors with a friend and see if the noise goes away.

 

in my case the bearing was shot so bad that the rotor was spinning out of whack and chewed everything up luckily i noticed the noise and replaced it..i wouldnt recommend driving it any longer the way it is right now

 

it can seize up and jump time or even bust the timing belt.. very bad news.. replace the dizzy.

 

is it like a rattling noise right near the dizzy? It happens sometimes when i start the car up.

One some occasions when driving the engine would just switch off.

I thought it was the ignitor in the dizzy? But im also getting this noise.

help appreciated. Thanks

 

ya I am getting that same noise and its liek a grinding from the dizzy. mine is pretty annoying. does yours go away after driving a little bit?

 

Have you checked the bearing? Or pull the cap of and check the rotor and points.

 

I may be experiencing this as well. Mine sounds like a whining noise, but doesn't sound until about 15 minutes of driving only in 1st, 2nd, 3rd gear.