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Bad distributor = not so smooth idle?
Topic Started: Apr 25 2015, 01:27 AM (1,228 Views)
dayle1960
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Fastest Hampster EVER

I'm running 5w20 semi synthetic with NGK copper and my engine still vibrates. I've put net cap, rotor, and wires on it. Maybe I'll check my motor mounts.
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Stiffchezze
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Sir Metrologist

Which Metro did the dizzy come from?
Which Metro did you put it in?

If you put an OBD II dizzy in a OBD I Metro (both non-vacuum advance) it will run; Like :shit
The OBD II distributor has an extra nub on the reluctor. The pickup "sees" it almost like an extra cylinder and will fire off an extra spark.

Make sure you match your OBD's when you swap a distributor.

BTW
It is not hard at all to reset a dizzy pick up.
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• Align a signal rotor ridge with the ridge on the
Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor by rotating
the signal rotor.
• Signal rotor air gap to 0 .2 to 0.4 mm
(0.008 inch to 0.016 inch) by moving the
Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor in relation to
the signal rotor.
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freegeo
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Stiffchezze
May 1 2015, 07:38 PM
Which Metro did the dizzy come from?
Which Metro did you put it in?

If you put an OBD II dizzy in a OBD I Metro (both non-vacuum advance) it will run; Like :shit
The OBD II distributor has an extra nub on the reluctor. The pickup "sees" it almost like an extra cylinder and will fire off an extra spark.

Make sure you match your OBD's when you swap a distributor.

BTW
It is not hard at all to reset a dizzy pick up.
Quote:
 
• Align a signal rotor ridge with the ridge on the
Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor by rotating
the signal rotor.
• Signal rotor air gap to 0 .2 to 0.4 mm
(0.008 inch to 0.016 inch) by moving the
Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor in relation to
the signal rotor.
I took a dizzy from a 96 3cyl and put it in at 97 3 cyl. It runs but didn't make any difference in the idle.

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