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Old 12-11-2010, 02:42 PM
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so i have sparked after replacing the coil the distributor rotor and the distributor cap. now when i put the dist. wires in the right order i hear a loud pop coming from the throttle body. backfire? it also smells like burnt hair after it pops haha
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is it a backfire i hear coming from my throttle body?
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you brought the motor to tdc on compression stroke and pointed the rotor to no 1 cyl using this pick the oic in the haynes manual is incorrect note the placement of dist cap screws
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this is wrong it the haynes note dist cap screws
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ok i have the chilton manual. would the popping sound coming from the throttle body be a backfire?
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Originally Posted by goblinish15
ok i have the chilton manual. would the popping sound coming from the throttle body be a backfire?
sounds like you're 180 off on the distributor
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yes backfire, you have the distributor in wrong and it's firing at the wrong times.
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Originally Posted by N20jeep
sounds like you're 180 off on the distributor
bring the timing mark on front cover to tdc '0' then turn the dist 180
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