when throwing a code 9, I've been seeing that most people just change out their distributor cap and rotor. I'm just wondering, is it possible to still have a good cap and rotor and throw the code 9 for a different reason? I am now throwing a code 9 and I took off my dizzy to see what's up and there is no red powdery stuff anywhere.

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oh yah, there seems to be no hesitation that I can notice, but then again, ever since the CEL came on, I haven't really pushed it!

 

Code 9 is the CYP sensor, code 8 is the TDC sensor. Both of them are down inside the distributor, but they don't really have anything to do with the cap & rotor. Maybe changing cap & rotor is wishful thinking, or maybe lots of people just notice that they're real old & bad when they start looking at the distributor.

 

well, I'm throwing a code 9 and from what I've read from searching, most people change out the distributor cap. Any other ideas? Like I said, there car seems to drive fine and when I take off the cap, it seems to look okay too.

 

Okay, well, I took apart my dizzy, and inside, there were a few chunks of the cap that fell out. Anyway, the little screw that holds the rotor on was off and it was under the plastic shroud but came out easily. As I took off the shroud and rotor, there was a little piece that looks like half of a yin yang symbol and on the point or tail of it that spins around, there was a little chip on the tip and this is what makes contact with that magnetic strip. Would this cause me to throw cel 9? All the connections in the dizzy were attached.

 

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Well, got a dizzy from a buddy and I installed that. Still throwing a code 9! My car does seem a bit faster now however! haha It is and has been eating more gas than usual ever since I got that code 9! What other things could it be? Someone suggested the wiring, but what part of the wiring would throw a cel? What else would cause a code 9?

 

replaced the dizzy and swapped in a new ecu, that damn cel keeps coming on and it's still code 9! What else can cause this to come up? The car starts, then when the cel comes on it sounds like it misses or something but then runs fine! Car has no noticeable loss in performance, it actually feels faster! What the hell is causing this code 9 to come up!!!

 

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