Okay, I just got this car not to long ago, 3 weeks max, (93 HB Si)

It has ran fine-great since I got it, with no problems at all. But starting a few days ago, I started to get a weird squeeking noise under the hood. It was really anoying and some friends noticed it also. They suggested I tighten my belts. Hey, no biggie, I can do that.

Well I pop the hood, feel the betls for good tension, they seem fine. So for the hell of it, I start the car up and the squeeking noise comes along. But its not coming from the belts. Its kind of a squeeking and grinding noise. At first I thought it might be the tranny, but then I leaned in and the Distributor is the one makeing all the noise. I put a hand on it and its kinda shacking too.

I then shut the car off and pulled the cap off the dist. Its got brown stuff all over the place. That I have no clue what it came from. Evething looks fine in side there and nothing looks broken. The little spring that is in there, looked a little bent out of shape. So I straightend that out and put everthing back together. Started the car up and it worked with no squweek. Shut it off and went to bed.

Come the next morning I start the car up the squweek and grinding noise is back

 

replace the cap and rotor

 

alright thanks, how much do those usualy go for?

 

very cheap

 

Thanks, once again

 

You probably need a new distributor. That brown stuff is some of the remnants of your dist. shaft bearing. If you take a closer look you'll probably see bits of metal all over.

 

your probley, right it was when i got home from work at about 11pm. I was doing this.

 

probably replacing the housing

 

Pull the distributor cap off and see if you have a rusty colored powder in the cap or on the rotor. If you do then that is a sign that the bearing is shot. just replace the bearing like I did

 

yeah it is kinda like a brown rusty color.

 

the bearing for the distributor is shot , replace it before it siezes up. I replaced just the bearing, all it cost was $40.00 Canadian.