Derp Cap

"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81) 07/17/2014 at 14:31 • Filed to: None

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My Jeep had a misfire. I fixed it. Lot's of carbon in the distributor cap made it more angry than necessary. I'll be honest, I'm actually kinda embarrassed at how long it took me to fix this. I think it's been acting up for over a year. It really just caused problems climbing hills in a head-wind. Now it runs like, well, like a quarter-million-mile Jeep.

Now, about all those fluid leaks...

thebigbossyboss > Rock Bottom 07/17/2014 at 14:36

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Soon!

Pixel > Rock Bottom 07/17/2014 at 14:44

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I had the same thing with my g/f's MR2. Had a tiny stumble when pulled out of winter storage, pulled the cap then and saw no obvious problem. Stumble kept getting worse despite new plugs and other fiddling. Finally 1.5 years later a mechanic friend looked at it, pulled the cap again and the inside was coated in oil from a bad distributor gasket. When I'd looked the first time there was too little to see clearly, and I never thought to check it again. New cap, gasket & wires and it ran like brand new. Sold it the next day.

Party-vi > Rock Bottom 07/17/2014 at 15:05

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Fixing fluid leaks in an XJ? Good luck.

Also, Renix or HO?

Rock Bottom > Party-vi 07/17/2014 at 15:15

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It's HO. And yeah, it seems like you plug one leak and 2 more spring up! It might just have to keep bleeding awesome...

Rock Bottom > Pixel 07/17/2014 at 15:16

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Oil in the distributor... never seen THAT one before!

Pixel > Rock Bottom 07/17/2014 at 15:27

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Overhead cam engine with the distributor coming out of the side of the head.

(photo is in a celica, but it's the same motor)

Rock Bottom > Pixel 07/17/2014 at 15:32

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Damnit, Toyota!

Now that I think of it, I believe Honda D and/or B engines played that game too...

DocWalt > Rock Bottom 07/17/2014 at 19:11

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VW 16V engines do it too. Lamezors.