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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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i had a honorably misfire it sounded like i was driving with a blown up motor i put new plugs and wires in it and it still has a small miss any ideas
its a 91 hatch with a 1.5 d15b1 dpfi
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 05:58 PM
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Did you inspect the cap and rotor?
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 06:17 PM
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i havens taken them apart ran out of daylight but i didnt notice any cracks in the cap will be checking that tomorrow
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 06:18 PM
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Also clean the contact points between the cap and rotor.
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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will do that also me and my buddy's owned hondas all threw high school and never had this problem but could the coil be bad inside the dizzy
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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so i cleaned the contacts on the cap and the rotor and still have a small miss also when i took the cap off i found a small amount of oil on the bottom of the cap could that be my problem and where would it come from
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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There an oil seal inside the distributor. Replacing it will fix the oil leak and possibly also the misfire.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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ok thanks ill have to find a diagram so i can fix it or i might just get a new dizzy
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