The remanufactured distributor has a new pickup coil in it, it's pretty easy to see it in there. I don't see any other options for distributors in my area except aftermarket ones from MSD, a reman Autoline from RockAuto, or a Napa brand reman. Everybody else sells the same Cardone ones.
Back at it tonight, took off the second new TFI and put the old one on again and the sudden shut off went away. Still acts like it's misfiring randomly and the idle is a bit unstable when it's not acting like it's misfiring. Since it still acts the same (minus the sudden shut off) I'm guessing the new distributor is fine, and likely the old one was too.
Jiggled and poked every wire I could get to, especially the coil wires, and nothing made a difference. Also sprayed around the vacuum lines and still didn't find any leaks. However, when I sprayed around what I believe to be the intake temperature sensor, the idle wavered exactly like it does on its own. Probably because the spray was making the sensor cold, but could that sensor be a possible problem?
That spastic injector pulse seems like exactly what it's doing. It clicks when the engine does its misbehaving and the injector spray also sputters. If it was purely ignition related, would it affect the injector spray? Or would they just keep spraying like normal through an ignition disturbance?
Back at it tonight, took off the second new TFI and put the old one on again and the sudden shut off went away. Still acts like it's misfiring randomly and the idle is a bit unstable when it's not acting like it's misfiring. Since it still acts the same (minus the sudden shut off) I'm guessing the new distributor is fine, and likely the old one was too.
Jiggled and poked every wire I could get to, especially the coil wires, and nothing made a difference. Also sprayed around the vacuum lines and still didn't find any leaks. However, when I sprayed around what I believe to be the intake temperature sensor, the idle wavered exactly like it does on its own. Probably because the spray was making the sensor cold, but could that sensor be a possible problem?
Originally posted by gadget73
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