Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 08:26 AM
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how often would yall say a ignitor goes bad in a dizzy tried 2 different dizzys both with weak spark i have replaced ignitors before an its worked any theories?
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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 10:21 AM
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replaced with new, or new to me?
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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 05:02 PM
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just fried an airtex brand from rockauto.
it last about 3 years/20k miles.
i always carry a spare plus a spare coil
(plus needed tools)
coil and icm are the weakest links in ignition system.
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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 10:44 PM
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New hitachi on Amazon for $60
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Old Sep 18, 2019 | 08:44 AM
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replaced with a known working ignitor put it on the car fired up for 3 seconds then shut off im assuming something else with the distributor is bad
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Old Sep 20, 2019 | 11:18 AM
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the one i replaced the faulty one with is hitachi
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