i think my distributor is fried

[shepherd79]

ok,
my car starting to act funny again. it won't hold RPM. it would go up and down all the time.
a few month ago i had to replace my distributor because it wouldn't hold any RPM.
So what can be the problem with my distributor. Why am i frying them?
you don't think it is because of the accel coil?
well, any help would help a lot.
thanks guys.

[cruznz]

if you mean that your igniter gets fried.......normally....the main culprit for igniter failure is Heat......hows the operating temp of your engine?

[DanG86LX]

...it won't hold RPM...
which RPM, idle or 3000 ?
If there is something fishy with distributor, it might be the high voltage side, i.e. cup and rotor. My cup didn't last 3 month either, noticed fine cracks inside...

[shepherd79]

well, i should told mention this, i don't have choke on my car or any vacuum stuff.
i just got home, and before i pulled into my subdevision my car started to adle at 2000rpm(i had to turn it to make it run half way disent), so i turn it down and it fine now. i have no fucking clue what happed. may be something inside distributor got stuck or something.
anyway, i am gonna switch to Toyo distributor, Hitachi sucks.

[1988starter]

good luck and make sure to get the timing light out when replacing it. God I love my timing light