argh....stutter at low rpm
hey guys,
this moring i get up to go out..and car barely moves..coughing and stuttering etc..backfiring like crazy etc., idle is a little lower than usual... so...sigh..since i missed my appt. anyway, i open the hood and find my battery has come free of its moorings and is resting on the distributor....and there seems to be battery water / acid on the plug wires etc.. so i tighten up all the plug wires, (one coil was loose) shut hood, go for a drive.... now, no problems after 2500 rpm, car accelerates smoothly and nicely in any gear..lower thatn 2500, missing and backkfiring like crazy... i checkd for loose plugs etc. hoses...none i can see.... any ideas? Paul |
check the hoses raound there... mebbe the acid ate through one of them? just a guess... is there a hissing noise like air beign sucked through a straw or anything?
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no..no hissing noise......sigh....
i was just out there and i blocked the shutter valve hose didnt make much difference.... you know, do you think maybe it knocked the distributor loose..moved the timig maybe? hmm..ill go chck that in a bit |
maybe you've got some acid inside the distributer or something
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did you look at the rotor in the dizzy. when I first got my rex the battery wasnt tied down and it slid into the dizzy and the half of the rotor was destroyed.
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Originally posted by 82streetracer did you look at the rotor in the dizzy. when I first got my rex the battery wasnt tied down and it slid into the dizzy and the half of the rotor was destroyed. its also idling at semmingingly about 400-500 rpm.... whereas yesterday it was doing a rock solid 750 |
well, the rotor seems intact, but old, and the cap...the points inside seem worn out heavily.....which is probably a god place to start..but i just cant figure out why it started so suddenly....
also, spark plug wires have battery acid on them.....is it a good idea to replace em? |
Originally posted by Vohaul well, the rotor seems intact, but old, and the cap...the points inside seem worn out heavily.....which is probably a god place to start..but i just cant figure out why it started so suddenly.... also, spark plug wires have battery acid on them.....is it a good idea to replace em? |
k..will do....it needs a tune up anyway..so new cap , rotor, plug wires, plugs..oh.and that pesky manifold gasket......i love rx-7's:)
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