My trusty car (210,000) miles, and has never been in the shop, died
while I was driving on the freeway the other day. I had it towed, I
told the mechanic I thought it was the distbutor. It turns out it was.


He turned out to be a real crappy mechanic. He left one bolt off of my
distrbutor, and the other 2 were so loose I could giggle the distrbutor
in my hand. I fixed this by tightining the bolts, and adding one that
was missing.

Ever since this awefule mechanic did this my car has lost tons of
power!! It used to be a zippy fun to drive car, now it just sucks, I
press the gas and literaly nothing happens for a second or two. If I
have the air conditioner on, the symptoms are even worse.

my questions are

1) What are some possiable normal causes of such a drastic loss of
power?
2) Could this be realted to the crappy mechanic's install of my
distrbutor?
3) any ideas on fixes?

I thought it might be a clogged fuel filter, I am in the process of
changing that out now, as soon as I figure out how to get the bolt
holding the filter to the firewall off without loosing my knuckles.
Any ideas would be great, I love this little car, I would hate to get
rid of it. I have had it since it was new, even through several new
cars I always hung on to this car.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Sorry I forgot to add, this is a 93 civic, 2 door, EX.

 

Brandon Scarbrough wrote:

> My trusty car (210,000) miles, and has never been in the shop, died
> while I was driving on the freeway the other day. I had it towed, I
> told the mechanic I thought it was the distbutor. It turns out it was.
>
> He turned out to be a real crappy mechanic. He left one bolt off of my
> distrbutor, and the other 2 were so loose I could giggle the distrbutor
> in my hand. I fixed this by tightining the bolts, and adding one that
> was missing.
>
> Ever since this awefule mechanic did this my car has lost tons of
> power!! It used to be a zippy fun to drive car, now it just sucks, I
> press the gas and literaly nothing happens for a second or two. If I
> have the air conditioner on, the symptoms are even worse.
>
> my questions are
>
> 1) What are some possiable normal causes of such a drastic loss of
> power?
> 2) Could this be realted to the crappy mechanic's install of my
> distrbutor?
> 3) any ideas on fixes?
>
> I thought it might be a clogged fuel filter, I am in the process of
> changing that out now, as soon as I figure out how to get the bolt
> holding the filter to the firewall off without loosing my knuckles.
> Any ideas would be great, I love this little car, I would hate to get
> rid of it. I have had it since it was new, even through several new
> cars I always hung on to this car.

My guess is that the mechanic used cheap aftermarket parts instead of OEM
parts when replacing the distributor.

But in all probability, the entire distributor did not have to be replaced.
If anything, it sounds to me like only the igniter needed to be replaced.

 

Brandon Scarbrough wrote:

> My trusty car (210,000) miles, and has never been in the shop, died
> while I was driving on the freeway the other day. I had it towed, I
> told the mechanic I thought it was the distbutor. It turns out it was.
>
> He turned out to be a real crappy mechanic. He left one bolt off of my
> distrbutor, and the other 2 were so loose I could giggle the distrbutor
> in my hand. I fixed this by tightining the bolts, and adding one that
> was missing.
>
> Ever since this awefule mechanic did this my car has lost tons of
> power!! It used to be a zippy fun to drive car, now it just sucks, I
> press the gas and literaly nothing happens for a second or two. If I
> have the air conditioner on, the symptoms are even worse.
>
> my questions are
>
> 1) What are some possiable normal causes of such a drastic loss of
> power?
> 2) Could this be realted to the crappy mechanic's install of my
> distrbutor?
> 3) any ideas on fixes?
>
> I thought it might be a clogged fuel filter, I am in the process of
> changing that out now, as soon as I figure out how to get the bolt
> holding the filter to the firewall off without loosing my knuckles.
> Any ideas would be great, I love this little car, I would hate to get
> rid of it. I have had it since it was new, even through several new
> cars I always hung on to this car.

My guess is that the mechanic used cheap aftermarket parts instead of OEM
parts when replacing the distributor.

But in all probability, the entire distributor did not have to be replaced.
If anything, it sounds to me like only the igniter needed to be replaced.

 

Brandon Scarbrough wrote:

> My trusty car (210,000) miles, and has never been in the shop, died
> while I was driving on the freeway the other day. I had it towed, I
> told the mechanic I thought it was the distbutor. It turns out it was.
>
> He turned out to be a real crappy mechanic. He left one bolt off of my
> distrbutor, and the other 2 were so loose I could giggle the distrbutor
> in my hand. I fixed this by tightining the bolts, and adding one that
> was missing.
>
> Ever since this awefule mechanic did this my car has lost tons of
> power!! It used to be a zippy fun to drive car, now it just sucks, I
> press the gas and literaly nothing happens for a second or two. If I
> have the air conditioner on, the symptoms are even worse.
>
> my questions are
>
> 1) What are some possiable normal causes of such a drastic loss of
> power?
> 2) Could this be realted to the crappy mechanic's install of my
> distrbutor?
> 3) any ideas on fixes?
>
> I thought it might be a clogged fuel filter, I am in the process of
> changing that out now, as soon as I figure out how to get the bolt
> holding the filter to the firewall off without loosing my knuckles.
> Any ideas would be great, I love this little car, I would hate to get
> rid of it. I have had it since it was new, even through several new
> cars I always hung on to this car.

My guess is that the mechanic used cheap aftermarket parts instead of OEM
parts when replacing the distributor.

But in all probability, the entire distributor did not have to be replaced.
If anything, it sounds to me like only the igniter needed to be replaced.

 

well, not an expert, but i wonder if the spark plug wires are running
to the right cylinders . . . if mucked up, would definitely cause power
loss. - fj

 

well, not an expert, but i wonder if the spark plug wires are running
to the right cylinders . . . if mucked up, would definitely cause power
loss. - fj

 

well, not an expert, but i wonder if the spark plug wires are running
to the right cylinders . . . if mucked up, would definitely cause power
loss. - fj

 

well, not an expert, but i wonder if the spark plug wires are running
to the right cylinders . . . if mucked up, would definitely cause power
loss. - fj

 

well, not an expert, but i wonder if the spark plug wires are running
to the right cylinders . . . if mucked up, would definitely cause power
loss. - fj