Well the old saying, "if it aint broke dont fix it" Def applies here. D16A vtec in a 91 crx. motor ran fine except for some low rpm sputter and hesitation, which I thought was the plugs. I decided to replace the plugs and thought, hell why not do the entire ignition system. Got a new dizzy, cap, rotor, wires, plugs. After the install, before I even got to time it something is very wrong. It sounds like its running on 3 cyls, even though all 4 injectors are firing. It just sounds soo terrible. Before I even time it, theres no way it should run as bad as this, right?. Any ideas?

Could it be that I installed the rotor on the dizz incorrectly? (I pointed it towards cyl1) Should I re-check the plug gaps? Should I set the motor to TDC, and then put the dizzy in? Thanks for any input.

 

i say check your plug wires. ive accidently hooked one up wrong before on the distributor and had the same problem.

 

check your coil..also check your main relay..

 

Hmm, Im pretty sure they are on correctly with 1 and 4 on the side of the cap near the firewall, and 2 and 3 on the other. As for checking my coil, this is a brand new dizzy, what would I be checking on the coil exactly? Thanks for the replies! Also. more info...its running like so badly it backfires out the air intake pretty bad. I tried setting the crank to TDC (single white notch), and then put in the dizzy. But its still the same problem the motor sounds worse than a diesel tractor.

 

defiantly a timing issue dubble check plug wires..

 

this is non-VTEC, but the wires at the distributor should be like the picture

 

yeah sounds like you got four and three mixed up to me.

 

Wow! That was totally it. (insert hammer to head icon)..my firing order was for the birds I dunno what I was thinking. Thanks alot guys. That pic was great, and hopefully when other ppl search "firing order" this post will come up. Thanks again