90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 05:37 PM
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Default 90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

ok so i took out the radiator to clean it up the car was on a jack... when i put everything back in place. when i went to start the car again it wouldnt start and the throttle kept bakfiring and shooting smoke.....
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 02:32 PM
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And what else did you do it besides removing the radiator?
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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Default Re: 90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

Sounds like when the screw holding the rotor inside the distributor on my car got loose and fell out. Or you somehow knocked your timing out by a whole lot.
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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Default Re: 90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

so what do u guys think i should do/check?
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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Default Re: 90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

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And what else did you do it besides removing the radiator?
all i did was remove it,clean it, put it back in,lowered jack, turned key and then the trottle thing happened
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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Check rotor screeew
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Default Re: 90 dx hatch starting issues...help please

[QUOTE=KINGVEM^^ED6;47688276]Check rotor screeew[/QUO

does it sound like a distrubuter??
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