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Problems with spark
1997 civic D16Y7 Ran fine til I parked it over the winter and now no spark again. Replaced icm and coil and still no spark.
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Re: Problems with spark
grab an entire distributor from a junkyard and see if that works
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Re: Problems with spark
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grab an entire distributor from a junkyard and see if that works
Distributor was replaced a year ago.
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Re: Problems with spark
with oem or aftermarket?
aftermarket distributors tend to suck
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Re: Problems with spark
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grab an entire distributor from a junkyard and see if that works
Aftermarket. So one could assume that the coil in the distributor is bad? FYI I did not install the distributor the guy before me did.
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Re: Problems with spark
assume the entire unit is junk, go grab a used oem one from a junkyard for like $30
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