check out my problem: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2126821

 

Distributors do have components that wear, and they shouldn't be considered "lifetime" items. Try replacing the cap and rotor, and see if that helps your problem. If not, you may need a whole new unit.

 

yup, already replaced cap and rotor at same time about 2 months ago, and still gives weird noise at warmup

 

I've had to replace one also.

 

I had to replace the distributor on my 90 GS, then after I sold it the guy told me that it went out again a few months after he bought it.

I had to replace the coil on my 95 LS three times

And the maintenance records look like the coil was replaced on my current 93 LS

 

wow that's crazy...distributor king states that it's because they can't withold high heat from the americas and were designed for japan-wonder if hes right

 

Ahhhh dizzys always causing problems for us HT guys.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lmike6453 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow that's crazy...distributor king states that it's because they can't withold high heat from the americas and were designed for japan-wonder if hes right</TD></TR></TABLE>That's stupid. If that's what they said, that's total b.s. Just google image "Earth" and look and see where Japan lines up (in relation to the equator) with North America. It's nearly identical.

 

haha you're right...wonder what the average life is of a dizzy

 

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154,2xx miles on my car, with no problems.

 

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yeah i had one go bad

 

ive had two go bad, one of them was last friday at 130 in the morning

rollin with a donor right now

 

had one go out on me so i gone on ebay and got one from distributor king with new cap and rotor and has been runnin nice.

 

you guys do know that a whileeeeee back honda/acura had a recall on all distrubtors so thats why they break or dont work after a long time so i guess if your still covered under warranty they cover dizzys not sure but all i no honda/acura had a recall on dizzy's

 

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258K miles on my original engine and original distributor. Never a single problem.

 

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as a rule of thumb, all honda owners should always keep in their glovebox:

a new main relay
a new ignitor
a new coil
a 10 mm wrench
a phillips screwdriver

and with those things, you can basically fix 75% of problems you will ever encounter

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMFantasy2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">as a rule of thumb, all honda owners should always keep in their glovebox:

a new main relay
a new ignitor
a new coil
a 10 mm wrench
a phillips screwdriver

and with those things, you can basically fix 75% of problems you will ever encounter</TD></TR></TABLE>


i got all of that and my car still doesnt start... the only way it starts is if i jump the main relay and i got a new main relay from honda so yupp.... haha i dont know what it can be.

 

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I had a really weird dizzy problem. The oil seal inside the dizzy spindle wore out and I was leaking oil out the bottom of the dizzy housing. I'm not talking about the o-ring on the outside of the dizzy. It's the one inside the dizzy. You can't even see it until you pull the whole dizzy apart. Unbelievable. Took forever to figure out that it was my dizzy leaking oil and not some other source. The amazing thing was the dizzy was operating just fine. LOL. So yeah, I've had dizzy problems.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spender1326 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had a really weird dizzy problem. The oil seal inside the dizzy spindle wore out and I was leaking oil out the bottom of the dizzy housing. I'm not talking about the o-ring on the outside of the dizzy. It's the one inside the dizzy. You can't even see it until you pull the whole dizzy apart. Unbelievable. Took forever to figure out that it was my dizzy leaking oil and not some other source. The amazing thing was the dizzy was operating just fine. LOL. So yeah, I've had dizzy problems. </TD></TR></TABLE>

that will eventually drown the electronics inside and ruin the internals. you need a new housing. when this happened to me, i just picked up a used unit then swap all your insides into it.