I receintly acquired a 91 hatch Si, it ran fine for a while, it actually came all the way from New Hampshire to Florida with no problems. A couple of weeks ago the car wouldn't start, I checked for spark at there was none. I replaced distributor cap and rotor and nothing, so I went ahead and replaced the distributor. Now it is running fine. I noticed that the old distributor had a burned part and I am wondering if there is something else that I need to change that might be causing the distributor to fail.
I was told by a mechanic that probably my main relay is bad, do you guys think that is correct???

Feedback is greatly appreciated

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baggelis &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I noticed that the old distributor had a burned part and I am wondering if there is something else that I need to change that might be causing the distributor to fail.
I was told by a mechanic that probably my main relay is bad, do you guys think that is correct???

Feedback is greatly appreciated
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Which 'part' was burned? Could be normal discoloration.
The main relay provides power to the fuel pump and fuel injectors. I don't see how it could kill a distributor.

An open plug wire, bad spark plug, or cap/rotor could make it hard on the distributor. The spark has to go somewhere and will take the path of least resistance to ground.

 

I am refering to the part where the distributor cap pin is inserted.

Thank you