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    i think my distributor is fried

    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.
    Alex.



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

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    ...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...

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    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.
    Alex.

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

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