Ace's never ending log- 94 Pro DX

[MD323]

pull the cap of and doublecheck the distributor rotor is in the right place. if you mark the dissy body with a grease pen for cylinder one, turn the crank till its at TDC and check to make sure the rotor button in on your mark, if not move the rotor


also double check your grounds. stock should be :

one from the trans to the driverside rail, the big black one in the harness to the trans. one that has 6-7 small black wires right up against the firewall on the driverside rail, and one from the passengerside rail to the block.

also charge the battery and do a compression test, if i recall correctly it should be in the 170-190 range with no cylinder more than 10% lower than an adjacent cylinder.

[Ace]

Yep the rotors right, and all those grounds are there ... hmm..
i dont have a compression tester though so i cant do that right now.. but once it starts it runs fine.. also ryan was saying to get some better plugs, I have some crappy autolite ones now. NGK V power??

[bomdoutscort]

Good job you and ryan. Lifters always tick when the motor hasn't been started in a while and they have to be pumped back up with oil and they'll be fine.

[Ace]

well i just got back from its first drive.. boy it doesnt want to start at all and it dies at idle.. then it blew a coolant hose..
Grrr..

[MD323]

dump the crappy plugs, hell i want to put new iridiums in the mx3, i can give you the old ones just to get by. does the car want to accelerate at all? think the VAF is faulty? swap in the S-code and try that one, any engine codes?

[Ace]

Id like to ditch the plugs but ive got no money.. and with the timing at 16* acceleration is a bit lacking.. and i dont think the VAF is bad.. but hey what do i know.. well I get off work at 530 and ryan said i should come down there.. well lets hope i make it.. lol

[MD323]

yeah come by, i have a S-code VAF and like i said you can HAVE my old iridium's, im just changing them because the GF drives the car and i will feel better if it has new plugs.

[Ace]

here i am sitting at work and its out in the parking lot refusing to start.. lol ive got the old s code and ill try that if i can get it to start reliably ill head down there tonight but until then.. Im going to try my old single cam disty and see if that works but i doubt it.

[yunvmyegt]

sohc disty is different, dont bother....

[Ace]

yeah i know now..
thats the only thing it could be. just not sparking at the right time

[Ace]

Well it left me stranded at work last night.. wouldnt start for anything even with the timing all the weay advanced..
any ideas?

[Ace]

Well I found out why it wouldnt start.. ****ing blown headgasket.

[Hot_Wheels]

yummy milk shake. can you tell where to gasket gave out? looks like the last cylinder on the right. is that the original gasket?

[Ace]

I haven't really looked at it yet. and I've got no idea if its original. I got the engine from a junkyard.

[mazdafrik]

mazdafrik

Oh men! It look`s like it hydro looking.