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[GEORGE LYONS]

Inherited Dead 94 Dx,no Start Whats The Quickest Way To Tell Diff Between Single Sohc Or Dohc Without Out Pulling V.c.local Dealer Not Much Help

[tehstocker99]

SOHC

http://image57.webshots.com/57/1/19/40/2824119400049763957XwLQUD_ph.jpg

and i THINK (probably very wrong here) the DX came with an SOHC I'm only familiar with the LX

[FE3-323]

DX means sohc

[Turpro]

This is a dohc motor. If your valve cover looks nothing like this then you have a sohc

[GEORGE LYONS]

Thanks for the assitance,gotta get this thing runnin befor the bellyachen starts

[GEORGE LYONS]

No Start

Came up with a haynes manual(good enough to get you into trouble)fuses are all good=checked at least twice,replace cap and rotor,just for the heck of it,ohm out coil=ok,NO SPARK.Have 3 wires going to dist,one with bat voltage,one with 5v and if i run jumper wires from them to dist i get approx 9.5v coming out of dist,never changes during cranking and it keeps setting some kind of dist code,any suggestions.Thanks to you guys i did decide it is a sohc.

[MazdaNoob]

bad distributer ... swap it out they fail quite often

[GEORGE LYONS]

Appreciate the input,Ill keep you posted

[Turpro]

bad distributer ... swap it out they fail quite often

Yep. That's the only time mine ever left me stranded.

[GEORGE LYONS]

Thanks for the assitance,installed new dist,runs and sounds like a fine european sports car except better.You guys saved me some headaches and i do appreciate it.First metric auto in this driveway,might start thinking of some modifications.Once again THANKS.

[XxaltezzaxX]

glad to see you fixed the problem.

[Turpro]

Good to hear