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

The only way I've heard of the distributor to go bad, usually on 90-93 or
so models is that shaft bearing seal goes bad and when you take the
distributor cap off there's red dust everywhere from the corrosion of the
bearing. The only other thing about a distributor which can go bad is the
oil seal at the base which allows oil to leak inside the body. Ask for
details of their diagnosis of why the distributor was blamed and the next
time, ask for the old parts to be returned to you - keeps 'em honest.

What's more likely is that the igniter, which is an electronic part inside
the distributor which replaces the contact points, is bad, or maybe even
the coil, but they can be replaced without replacing the distributor.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??