alright guys, ive had nothing but problems latelly with my rex...i just changed da alt belt today cus the old one wasnt charging the battery....now its good, the battery is charged.....i start driving the car to work n then my speedo starts jumping all over the place n then my car dies....i try to start it, n it does but the speedo starts jumping then it dies...then i tried starting it againg n it sounds like a backfire noise so i'm thinking the dizzy? so i walk over to work cus i was pretty close, come back to the car bout 2 hours later n it starts without a problem...drive it home without a problem....i took off the dizzy cap n the rotor n coil look fine n new cus i just change it 2 weeks ago....I dont trust my rex anymore though cus i'm afraid it might do the same thing at any randowm moment.....i also need to change my valve cover gasket cus i got a lil oil on the plugs n tube wires...what do u guys think could cause the car to do this???

 

i meant to say my rpm tach was jumping....

 

its your distributor most likely.

 

Sounds like your distributor is fried.

 

even with a new internal coil n rotor?

 

those are all symptoms of a bad distributor.. if it isnt the distributor then i dont know what it is..theres mroe then a coil and cap and rotor that can go bad on one.

 

yea maybe ur right...ill change it converting to obd1 with an obd1 dizzy....it should be fine after dat right?

 

well... if you replace a broke part .. its usually fixed is it not?

 

i hope so man.....lately i dont catch a break with my crx...too much bad luck.....if my main relay was shot, what would be the symptoms of that?

 

IGNITER!!!

it's a pretty expensive part from the dealership, (like $80 if i remember correctly, maybe more) so you might just want to get a new distributor anyway..... but i can almost guarantee that's your problem

 

symptom of a bad main relay is clicking noises if i remember correctly.

 

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Bad main relay, the engine will crank all day long but no fuel, no fire. It normally only happens in hot weather, there's a crappy solder point in the relay that doesn't work in the heat after it's worn.

Clicking is normal, it's a relay.

 

thought fast clicking was a bad relay.. my bad.

 

is your bogging down and sputtering...i had an incident that i started my car and it would bog backfire..but it ran..it happened again but this time it wouldnt start..found out that my timing belt slipped and my timing was all out of wack

 

it sputters also now n then but i'm not sure if it has something to do with my timing belt...hopefully not...hopefully its just the dizzy....this same thing had happend to me 2 weeks ago n i replaced da rotor n coil in the dizzy n it ran good for about a week until today...but it had done the tach thing the whole week....it jus got real bad today n thats when the car shut off on me...

 

should i take the timing belt plastic cover off n check just in case? what should i look for if i do this?

 

could be the crank angle sensor, in the distributor, i never had any symptoms except for the crazy rpm's and it was the sensor

 

bump good luck man

 

yea i got the car converted to obd1 using a dx dizzy i picked up from a friend n a p06 ecu with the obd0 to obd1 jumper...i drove the car for a few mins to test it out n it drove fine, the tach didnt jump, n the car runs a lot harder with obd1, i was a little surprized....so far the car was good but ill have to wait n see to really test it out tomorrow going to school.....hopefully it was da dizzy n it'll be fine...wish me lucki guys, i need some latelly...