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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 02:44 PM
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So deal with the devil has been made got a local shop who is going to tow it and is sister companies with a auto computer store so they are gonna get it fixed up for me, had to send it off cause i'm running short on time and don't need to skip any more classes thanks for yalls help though! I'll let yall know what the problem is so if anyone runs into this in the future they might know what to pin point. Oh and the wires didn't look wet at all never got to check the spark from the ignition coil though. Thanks again
 
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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I am wondering of the rotor is seated as it shoud be and if the cap is on correctly.

Hope they don't rip you on a PCM The "sister . company" thing would make me nervous....
 

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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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Ok so it ended up being the ignition coil wire letting out spark and arching across the intake. So I feel really stupid and they charged me like 125 bucks just to look at it. They wanted to make it 270 to put all new wires on when it obviously just needed that one so I told em I'd just put it on myself. 145 for new wires!! They did put the crank sensor in all the way cause apparently it wasn't seated right but still all that for a stupid wire that I should have found on my own. And I think one of yall mentioned the plugs should have checked the wires along with it so thanks for the advice! After changing the distributor now I am off a little with the timing its backfirin like crazy and was making me a nervous wreck driving the 2 miles back to my apartment. If you guys have any advice on getting the timing lined up that would be awesome! My roommate has an obdII that reads timing but i think it has to be running. Anyways thanks again for yalls advice. Next time I just need to make sure and follow the keep it simple stupid principle.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 09:36 PM
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I am thinking they jacked up cam sensor in disty. Take it back and make them fix that for free....
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 11:39 PM
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They could have but it bein my first time installing the distributor I'm pretty sure it was a little off. Me and my roommate checked the timing tonight and it was advanced like 8-12.0 degrees whatever that means figure I'll try to fix it tomorrow. Could it still be that they jacked it up? I really think I probably just moved the cam sensor just a little bit when installing.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 12:01 AM
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Did you turn the distributor to adjust timing?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 09:38 AM
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The scanner should be able to read fuel sync, that is what you are really looking for, set it to zero, or as close as you can get.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 04:57 PM
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Yea I think I might have turned the distributor a little when trying to put it back in. I tried to line it up but it must have been pretty far off, I need to try the fuel sync and see how that looks cause we got the timing as close to 0 as possible I think at idle it's about a 4 also now my parking brake and abs light are on and even when the parking brake is released the light will not go off. I did a quick search on this and saw that it could be the rear wheel speed sensor so I replaced that but still no luck, it's been a long couple days with all this I think I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks yall!
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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Ignition Timing is not adjustable. Moving the distributor only changes INJECTOR timing. That can cause a lot of strange issues......
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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Ah got ya. Do yall have any clues about the abs/parking brake light? Could that be something the pcm does when the injector timing is off? Got it running smooth now until tuesday when I'm gonna get a guy to get the timing perfect.
 
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