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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / March 2007Honda Accord distributor problems.
Greetings. I have a 1990 Honda Accord Ex 2.2 The car died. I have no spark to the plugs but spark to the distributor. I replaced the entire distributor with a new one. The car ran good afterwards for about 40 miles. Then the check engine code 4 came on (crank angle). The car bogged down under load. I took the car to a licensed mechanic who diagnosed a bad distributor. I took this back to the parts store and they replaced it. I installed the new distributor again and timed the engine. The check engine cleared out and the car had a lot of power and ran great....for about 40 miles then the same thing happened all over. Check engine code 4 (crank angle) and bogged down under load. It is hard to start. You have to crank it for about 5 to 8 seconds. Could I have gotten a bad distributor two times in a row or could something else be causing this? Ideas please. Thank you! What kind of distributer did you put in? Most of the aftermarket rebuilds are junk! The OE I think is sold in pieces and is expensive, but well worth it. >Greetings. I have a 1990 Honda Accord Ex 2.2 The car died. I have >no spark to the plugs but spark to the distributor. I replaced the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >seconds. Could I have gotten a bad distributor two times in a row or >could something else be causing this? Ideas please. Thank you! Where are these distributors coming from? Are you buying dealer replacements or chain store rebuilds? When you pull the distributor, what does the gear look like? And what does the gear that it mates to down in the engine look like? --scott  Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." | > Could I have gotten a bad distributor two times in a row or | >could something else be causing this? www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0c/f2/4b /0900823d800cf24b.jsp In 8-06 I bought a recon distributor for my F20A, @ M$ 280 ~= US$ 78.87, 3 mth warranty, works fine. > | > Could I have gotten a bad distributor two times in a row or > | >could something else be causing this?www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/... > > In 8-06 I bought a recon distributor for my F20A, @ > M$ 280 ~= US$ 78.87, 3 mth warranty, works fine. The new distributors were bought from a local auto parts store (OReilly). They were new, not rebuilt so the gear was new. When I exchanged the first distributor the gear looked fine as well (the new one I replaced). I found this rec.autos.makers.honda dated Dec 17, 2003 and I quote the author, "The connections between the crank angle and ECU is shielded somewhat. This means that the signals has to overcome some hurdles before arriving at the ECU. The ECU has to interpret the (very small) signals and convert them to a digital format. Assuming all links are perfect and sound, I'll look into the ECU' interpreter. If you're sure the link is not hot, open or grounded then substitute a good know ECU". My thinking is that if it is ECU related then why would the distributor and clear engine codes exist for 20 to 40 miles before appearing? > > | > Could I have gotten a bad distributor two times in a row or > > | >could something else be causing this?www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/... [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > it is ECU related then why would the distributor and clear engine > codes exist for 20 to 40 miles before appearing? 3/22/07 I did a check of the distributor output wire. There was no resistance in two of the pins and the wire were for sensor check angle. I took this distributor back to OReilly's and they gave me a rebuilt distributor. This is now my third different distributor but so far so good. This may have cured the problem. >3/22/07 I did a check of the distributor output wire. There was no >resistance in two of the pins and the wire were for sensor check >angle. I took this distributor back to OReilly's and they gave me a >rebuilt distributor. This is now my third different distributor but >so far so good. This may have cured the problem. Sounds to me your problem is O'Reilley's. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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