craig_007
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 09:41 AM |
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Broken/jammed distributor
I removed my recently refurbed dizzy to find 2 small screws have come a drift in the actuall distributor body,Now there is a metal disc in the
internal of the dizzy with 4 pegs that stick out/down and the screws have got caught in here and the pegs !!
I stuck on a new dizzy yesterday,Car fired no problem but has a really promenent ticking/knocking noise !!!
I'm just after opinion on this ?
What else should I be looking at to see where the noise is coming from ?
Could the force of the engine turning(car cutout at about 50mph) and the screw jamming the dizzy have caused the timing to jump ??
My first reaction was bent valves ?
If it were the valves,What other symptoms would be showing ?
I'm going to go out and do another compression test today,I did check yesterday but my head was in it !!
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mookaloid
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 09:45 AM |
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where is the noise coming from? is it the dizzy or the engine? top end? bottom end?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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craig_007
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 09:54 AM |
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Sounds like topend and coming from the head area
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britishtrident
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 12:52 PM |
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Did you remember and give the replacement distributor a tiny spot (n.b. tiny ) of oil before you fitted it --- if a distributor is dry of
lubricant it will tick..
Normally way to this put a single drip of engine oil on screw revealed when the rotor arm is removed also two drips of oil below the base plate.
best to allow a few minutes for excess oil to drain down before starting the engine.
[Edited on 18/4/10 by britishtrident]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 01:31 PM |
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link
http://drcwww.uvt.nl/~bogaard/manual/tuneup/5.htm
 
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craig_007
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| posted on 18/4/10 at 02:08 PM |
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I never oiled the distributor at all !!
I've just done a compression test and the compression is down on what it was.
Before I had 185psi across the 4 cylinders now I have 185/170/170/150.
I have also just timed it back up and the timing seems to be in the original position !!
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