Hey HT,

here is the deal..just got my car back running again. changed the alternator and fuel pump, (which is why it wasnt running in the first place). since then everything has been good. hadnt been running for awhile but was full of gas, drained that when i put the fuel pump in. have since filled it up with fresh gas atleast 3 or 4 times. today it started up fine but when i was making a 5 mintute trip up the street i could feel that it was stuttering like it was miss firing or the injectors were clogged. i took that into account but kept pushing on but wasnt running it ragged by any means. through out the drive every once and awhile the rpms would jump up and idle at like 2500 until i would hit the pedal real quick and they would drop back down to normal. I got into my neighborhood and it started to stutter real bad then died while i was driving and the batt. light came on for a few seconds. i was still coasting and it was dead so i put it in gear and popped the clutch to start it back up when i did. smoke came out the exhaust and it died again. never threw a CEL or anything!! pulled over let it sit, opened the hood you could feel it was hot! let it sit for a few more minutes then tried again but nothing.

Somebody, Anybody, please help me figure this **** out!

 

hey check if the screw on the rotor is still on when u take off the dizzy ....but be carefulcuz it can be sitting in the dizzy cover.....check if the spark plug wires are hooked up correctly and cleaned...did u mess with the timing....?

 

i never adjusted the timing. the plug wires are new i know. and the dizzy is practically new. when i popped the clutch and it started that last time then blew out all the white smoke before it died again has got me thinking its the head gasket. but i wanted to get a few different ideas of what people think it could be.

 

yea i feel you ..i had a similar problem with my ef...i was driving it started sputtering then it died ....when i would try to start it it would backfire ...ended up being the screw on the rotor had popped off screwd it back in and werked fine..

 

ok cool i will take a look at that. did your smoke at all?

 

check that rotor screw for sure, and make sure your spark plug wires are good.

 

damn it was a while back i dont member smoking like krazzy but then again i wasnt paying attention to the exhaust....\

 

ok cool i will check that in the morning. i appreciate the quick responses too. if anybody else has any ideas on what it could be..please let me know.

that screw is inside the dizzy right?

 

yea on the rotor ...and if its out i wouldbe sitting inside the cap..
so be careful when u take it off

 

ok cool thank you

anybody else got any ideas??

 

idle screw, bad battery or clogged cat?

 

well it wasnt the rotor screw, that was in there tight.

Battery is brand new. and i have had it checked once from autozone. that was when my alt was bad and changed just a few weeks ago so i know thats good.

Will a clogged cat cause it not to start?

my plug wires are brand new so i know they are clean. it could be the the whole dizzy, it seems like its not gettin any spark, it gets fuel just fine.

 

have you checked for spark? if you have a spark what color is it? white is a weak spark, should be a bluish purple. if its weak get a new coil pack. its inside the dizzy.

 

ok well i was doin lookin around and found that the white block of whatever is inside the resistor box is completly cracked (one long crack from top to bottom completly thru) and is just floppin around inside the box intself. has anyone heard of anythig like this happening??

 

anybody heard of anything like this??

 

ttt anyone?

 

jus look for a new resistor box

 

no chance u drop debris in there

 

drop debris in where?

 

went out and got another resistor box even snagged some injectors while i was there jsut in case. got back put it in tried it with the old ecu that i thought was fried. didnt start. tried with other ecu i had that is known working. didnt start. check my injectors they are clickin. so gonna try another dizzy and see what happens then.

 

dizzy took a **** on me...new dizzy in and back to running. thanks everyone for their help