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Old 06-20-2013, 08:50 PM
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What's the symptoms if a pick up that's in the distributor going out.... really scratching my head on this one xj runs fine at idle and revs fine in park but when in gear the xj spita and sputters at me driving down the road
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Might as well start with a compression test, no reason to buy ignition parts if it has a dead cylinder.
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New motor has only 300 miles on motor new dist cap rotor and plugs and wires and new coil
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Anyone have anything
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In an 89? Pretty sure a Renix will run without one.
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Its an 89 but what u mean " run without one"?
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I mean you can unplug it an it will run. There's a thread here somewhere, can't find it right now. Just for fun unplug it and see if the condition improves.

When was the last tuneup and what was replaced?

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Originally Posted by 89xjwilliams
xj runs fine at idle and revs fine in park but when in gear the xj spita and sputters at me driving down the road
Got a vacuum leak? Intake bolts loose? Ever checked and adjusted the TPS? (Cruiser 54 has a writeup with instructions)
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