Timing issues...
I have a '91 Civic LX that has pretty much always given me problems. I'm relatively certain that the car is possessed. Most recently I noticed a rather prevalent oil leak coming out of where the distributor housing mates up to the block, so I decided to (carefully) pull the distributor and slap a little ultra-black in there. It has those 3 gold bolts that have the phillips #2 or #3 fitting in the middle. Went for the first one with a phillips head and BAM, BROKE THE DAMN PHILLIPS BIT! So I gave it a break and went on to remove the other two with relatively little ease. Came back to that top bolt and ended up stripping the hell out of it. Long story slightly shorter, I ended up applying PB Blaster, and even a little heat (carefully), both to no avail. I finally ended up chopping up one of my Bolt-Outs and welding it to a wrench to remove the bolt. I set the distributor to the side and started applying the RTV. My dad came over and asked what I was doing and started spinning the distributor shaft. Great... So I slapped it back together and I'm now adjusting the timing, except it idles hella weird like it's missing on a cylinder and when I rev the engine to 2500rpm, the check engine light comes on. The weirdest thing is that when I went to check the timing, I couldn't see the hash marks on the crank pulley. I switched the inductive pickup from the #1 cylinder to the #3 (I think) and suddenly I can see the hash marks. WTF??? Anyone have ANY ideas?
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