The place that I had it towed to said their diagnosis was that it was the
distributor. So they replaced it, and while driving it home, it started to
spit, sputter and knock before finally dying. So I immediately called them
and said what happened, well they are coming to tow it back and start over.
My curiosity has got me now, if it is the same problem, then they didn't
properly diagnose it and that replacing the distributor wasn't necessary and
my thinking is that if that's the case, then I shouldn't have to pay for the
repairs that are going to be done to fix the problem, considering I have
spent $400.00 on it and it isn't right....any opinions?

Steve
"TCS" <The-Central-Scrutinizer@p.o.b.o.x.com> wrote in message
news:slrncc9lrc.ehu.The-Central-Scrutinizer@linux.client.comcast.net...
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:36:35 GMT, MrBlues <mrblues@comcast.net> wrote:
> >A distributor go bad on a 95 civic? car ran fine then went to start it
and
> >wouldn't start, turned over and all but no fire. had it towed to a garage
> >and they said its the distributor, the civic has like 88 k on it. just
> >wondering if this is common or a preview of more things to come
>
> Unless the shaft breaks in two, or the bearings jam in which case your
timing
> belt will slip and destroy half your valve train, there's not much that
> can go wrong with a distributor.
>
> The parts that go inside or on the distribrutor, on the other hand, can
and
> often fail: position sensor, ignitor, coil, rotor, cap.
>
> Saying "it's the distributor" is like saying "it's the engine". Fine.
Fix
> the damn thing, don't replace the entire unit.


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