dizzy cap came off
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corofin12345
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na ull be alright mate..
Jay
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Now at least that's one thing I didn't touch lol..
The bolts would need to have been a bit loose to work themselves off mate. Can't see it causing any damage other than a fault code. Just unplug the battery for 5 mins to clear that.
Remind me to go round the whole car with the spanners next weekend, I'll tighten every fucking bolt I can find for ya!
The bolts would need to have been a bit loose to work themselves off mate. Can't see it causing any damage other than a fault code. Just unplug the battery for 5 mins to clear that.
Remind me to go round the whole car with the spanners next weekend, I'll tighten every fucking bolt I can find for ya!
lol god hopefully it hasn't. Been one of those days lol. It just cut out, didn't see any smoke or anything. The only thing was a bit of oil going on the exhaust, so hoping that was just some oil that came out where the cap came off. Ill be getting two bolts on her tomorrow and try to set it where the bolts looked like they were.
Jay
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That would sound like the entire distributor that left the engine then..
Can't see it losing too much oil given the senario. We never set up the timing on that engine mate, did anyone else give it a go recently?
That's about the only thing I can think of that would explain the loose bolts.
Can't see it losing too much oil given the senario. We never set up the timing on that engine mate, did anyone else give it a go recently?
That's about the only thing I can think of that would explain the loose bolts.
no mate, nobody has touched the timing, what would happen if its off?
Im not gonna get hung up on how the bolts came out lol, just worried about any damage that could have been done. Plus hopin that the oil spillage was from where the dizzy cap came off, and not from somewhere else due to possible damage. Like i said the car started an drove spot on, but i know from experience, that doesn't mean the car is totally healthy lol.
Im not gonna get hung up on how the bolts came out lol, just worried about any damage that could have been done. Plus hopin that the oil spillage was from where the dizzy cap came off, and not from somewhere else due to possible damage. Like i said the car started an drove spot on, but i know from experience, that doesn't mean the car is totally healthy lol.
corofin12345
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na mate you should be alright... its just like plugging out the king lead or loosing spark.. nothing 2 worry bout... just pop it back in a make sure it aligned with the cam properly..
it was the whole distributor that bolts to the side, sorry i only realised today that i have been saying the cap. I have bolted it back on and lined up the bolts with were they were before, covering the clean marks that were left from the bolts. That will hopefully do untill i get someone to check the timing with a timing light. Wouldn't it?????
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