i just put a gsr in my eg coupe this past weekend. the distributor cap has oil in it and i planed on replacing it eventually but not right away because the car drove fine saturday. tuesday i drove it and it wouldnt start at first then while driving it it would sputter a lot. i cleand the iacv that day to because the idle was going up and down, but i dont think cleaning that would cause this problem but the problem started right after i did that. every day since the car wont start at first and sputters. i think its the distributor causing the problem but just wanted to see if anybody else had this problem.

 

Thats pretty crazy. If i were you i would take it off and inspect it. Try to find out where its leaking from.

 

i was told when the bearing goes bad in a distributor it alows oil to leak into the cap and basicly make the whole dist. bad. basicly just wondering if that most likley the problem or if i should check something else.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbocivic13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was told when the bearing goes bad in a distributor it alows oil to leak into the cap and basicly make the whole dist. bad. basicly just wondering if that most likley the problem or if i should check something else.</TD></TR></TABLE>
that is true, when the bearing goes it destroys the seal first then leaks oil into the cap.
You can replace the bearing if you are mechanically inclined and a decent place to work.