Distributor context : 3 sensors. CYP TDC CYL Each have 2 wires a + and a - If either set of wires (-/+) is backwards it WILL NOT throw a CEL! But will retard the ignition! Verify the pinouts with a continuity check. And go from there.
Also, if that is an aftermarket distributor, it will just give you an issue. My brother did a COP and discovered the aftermarket distributor was the issue.
Normally I watch your videos at night, but this week has been a nail biter and i had to watch this on my lunch break right away...nice work man I'm stoked for you
Intermittent issues with my old civic was from the engine coolant temp sensor. It was going bad but it was still slightly working. It’s worth a shot since it’s so cheap to replace
My buddy literally had the same problem idle sounds fine the sputters when he drives...had him switch the distributor...corrected the issue. The dizzy houses the camshaft position sensor and that sensor was bad
Distributor suppose to have cam position sensors still operating in there. If you somehow remove them then there’s your issue. You can get a cam position sensor that posts and mounts on the cam gear with the sensor there.
Even when it’s temporary, man does it feel good to enjoy the car. I just fixed my 335i with a new ecu. I can’t wait to rewrap all the wiring with high temp protection and then rip it!
Love your content. I have a few ideas for you. Since you had water in the cylinder tubes, please inspect the distributor internals for moisture or oil seeping. (remove cap on distributor). Inspect the distributor shaft for side to side movement. (possible distributor bearing worn out). Inspect the pickup coil inside the distributor. There should be an resistance (ohm) measurement and also air gap measurement you can do. Also check to see that the pickup coil wires out of the distributor to the ECU are shielded with special wires and grounded properly. These wires can pickup magnetic interference from other sensors. Hope this points you into figuring out the cause of your issues. Let us know how it turns out on the next video! Keep your head up, you will figure it out.
Only 3 things to run an Engine: 1. Air 2. Fuel 3. Spark Air is always there, and you fixed your fuel issue with the regulator so it actually starts up. Spark is your issue. Sidenote - I had a 91 EF with an B18b and had countless of issues with Autozone Bosch Dizzys, went aftermarket and was still having the issue come back every year. I'm confident its your dizzy. You can test the coils just start the car and unplug one at a time if its the same when unplugging on then its that coil. You got this 🦾
Try go back using copper plugs and install a ground wire on valve cover. Install the wire on valve cover not on the stud. I have a problem when the engine goes to operating temps and once it was turn off, it wont start. I moved the vc ground cable from stud to the cover and no issue after that. Hope you get it fix man!
Check the junction box on the engine harness. On the rywire harness it should be right with all the plugs for the Ecu and chassis harness clip. that junction box is used for the signal to the injectors to open and close. Also if that’s not the cause it might be a good move to get another harness do to your car being subjected to all that summer heat it may have broken down the insulation that’s needed to keep other signals out. I hope this helps bro and stay positive. RIP BEAR .
@@deadbeatgarage it truly is brother, has been, when you were building it, khaki is what brought me to your channel, so it's special to me in a way as well 🤘🤙
Bro....NGL, the only reason I found your channel was cause of khaki. Searching for honda content and I've stuck with your channel through all the S10, blazer, Colorado content and ALL and everything in between. #Dbfam 💪🏼✌🏼
Sounds great 👍🏾! sometimes just sometimes it's the easiest most dumbest thing that has you chasing your tail to pin point the issue, but when you get it it's satisfying when you're ripping through the gears. Welcome back khaki!!!
Compression check Be sure the injectors and fuel are correct for the tune Last would be distributor. Being its running and amount of water in the plugs, probably corrosion inside the distributor. Hopefully it's something small. With the amount of smoke and apparent oil consumption with low viscosity oil, could be stumbling from burning that much oil. Love the video. Keep up the great work
Thank you for not giving up on khaki. And greatly appreciate the videos. As a person who literally watches every video. To make your paycheck we dont necessarily need non stop videos on one thing bro. Bounce around if you need to. Also im a little concerned on that rywire harness and it potentially having wiring coming unpinned?
Sometimes If a coil pack fails only under load, it usually indicates a weakened or worn-out coil that struggles to produce enough voltage to ignite the air-fuel mixture properly when the engine is under stress, like during acceleration or uphill driving; essentially, the coil can handle normal idling conditions but breaks down when high power is required
For convenience always keep your fuel bump on the oem 5 second delay. But for added security added a manu as long over ride fuel pump swith. Same for your radiator fan. My fan comes om at 160⁰ through my fueltec cotrol, again. I installed a back up switch as well
change the cam sensor in the distributor. to check it, put a timing light on it and see what the timing swing is doing in reference to the ecu commanded ignition timing. i have a feeling that's your problem
K swap it, use the ep3 as a donor and you would just need mounts and a harness for the swap. LSV swaps are a pain and timing is never right especially when you deck the block and shave the head. Check timing with a timing light to make sure. Above all, its good to see you pushing through and smiling!
I have had one coil so that only on load it misfired due to one bad coil pack hardest one I had to diagnose finally did all the coils and it ran great again all the time
I can hear it sputtering when you were driving. It definitely sounds like ignition problem. I always heard those parts store dizys suck. Get a Red dragon if you plan on replacing it.
Have you injectors cleaned. E85 will gunk them up and spray like crap. Take them to a person that has the machine to clean them and check the spray pattern.
It's worth a try bro try switching the map sensor to the top of the throttle body cuz on Hondas most of the time the sensors on the top instead of the bottom on the throttle body if it don't work then you can just put it back where you had it before
Bro. Don’t matter what you post. I’ll still watch your videos. Except for the boat videos. Not very interesting to me. But everything else has gotten my attention. Glad to see khaki running again. You’re getting closer to doing them pulls on it again. Hope to see you solve the mystery soon. Keep it up.
When we have done a coil on plug swap, we get rid of everything inside the distributor and just use it as a Homing sensor for the ecu timing. Use the ecu to trigger direct to the plugs and only use the distributor for Homing
I had a similar issue when the temp sensor was reading 10 degrees off so it kept thinking it was colder then it actually was, causing it to dump to much fuel when hitting slowly accelerating
So do you still have a knock sensor? If so maybe the exhaust is rattling enough now to cause knock? Maybe watch live data with hondata? The load being the issue now makes some more sense now
I got my BEAR sticker's and beautiful picture of him man broke my heart when I seen it I ain't going to lie I cried and so did my wife man I feel your pain we will be putting the sticker on the cars tomorrow. I'm glad you kept doing your dream on these videos brother continue to keep your head up and your family's as well we will continue to pray for you and your family brother one day we will all meet him in heaven brother may God continue to bless you and your family and your dreams much love my brother 🙏❤
Have you check to see if you jumped timing possibly? Other then that usually when any Honda/Acura sounds like a Subaru this is how I describe the sound I hear its in the ignition somewhere. I have had plug wires, foul plugs, cracked distributer cap, rotor, coil, bad distributer bearings and seals, and timing belts all make my car miss you may also have water in your distributor cap the seal can go bad.
You need to hook up a laptop and go for a drive and data log it and see what exactly is going on either fuel or spark related. You can always send the log to a tuner like brent and have him look over it.
Also check your harness for chaffing on distributer wires as well had a b18 that would have a random missfire and would shut off and not start sometimes turned out to be a loose wire on the dizzy plug !!!!!
Having water in the plugs could have short out a coil possibility but video shows when driving it cutting out like theres a short in the dizzy making it misfire and boging out and sputtering a bit. Had the same issue with my buddys teggy bought the red dragon distributor problem gone and ran amazing. ...oh if you need more contant to make i have a 87 s10 blazer im doing an ls swap on as well wanna make some content on it lol also in az.
Ok water in spark plug hole will cause a coil pack to short cause it has nowhere to go so it will try to come out the side try coil packs from the junkyard. Then distributor.
Install a stock distributor back onto it if the tune will allow it, I’ve seen another video a guy that went coil on plug and his was always finicky and would sometimes miss and sometimes it would be good, it’s worth a shot for sure!
Glad to see Khaki coming together again. My opinion, replace the whole dash harness. I think your issue is sitting in there somewhere. I want to say as well, check the sleeves for cracks, but it isnt using oil or water at a rapid rate so doubt its there.
Brother Bear, It has to be electrical. Change distributor.. Reason for saying that I chased my tail with an electrical issue kinda the same what your having. Come to find out the gear on the bottom of the distributor had some slop in it. So sometimes would work and then won't work. Found it back accident when I pulled it and my little brother was playing with the rotor and gear. Just enough slop to cause an issue. Hope this may help.
It's gonna be time consuming and a pain in the ass but I think you're right about it being a sensor. Gotta replace 1 at a time and if it doesn't fix it, return it and try another, repeat until fixed or eliminated the possibility of a sensor issue. Thanks for the vids
Take it to "import power house" bro get rid of the headache's they are local they know their stuff ..been there where I can't find the problem at all and it frustrating but took it there boom fixed 👌just make an appointment n take then bring out the ep3 while they fix the khaki in day 😄 they that good
Sticker looks great on the back of khaki. Since oem dizzys are like finding a giant diamond, but supposedly those red DragonFire distributors on ebay, etc, are good, at least allot more reliable than autoparts stores. And the memory thing, there's tons of natural supplements you can take that will help.. but like me the root cause is we just burn too much & get Dat Der short-term memory loss.
I'm having the same problem with my Ek B20V and I decided to open the Dizzy and everything was rusted in there, so I gotta buy a new 1 my car is doing the same thing.
Find someone with an oscilloscope, this tool will tell you a ton of information about your coils, ignition events, spark events and it will even give you virtual compression. There are tons of videos about this.
Check the signal wire to the dizzy and I would honestly replace that wiring harness in the bay. The dizzy isn't the issue but I bet it's the engine harness.
Replace the fuel pressure gauge/regulator, make sure your base pressure is correct. Double check your injector dead times. Maybe try and see if the coils are problematic, try some other distributor options or call Nomis and see what they think. Double check timing, retune. Seemed a bit rich at cold idle.
Distributor context :
3 sensors. CYP TDC CYL
Each have 2 wires a + and a -
If either set of wires (-/+) is backwards it WILL NOT throw a CEL!
But will retard the ignition!
Verify the pinouts with a continuity check.
And go from there.
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Also, if that is an aftermarket distributor, it will just give you an issue. My brother did a COP and discovered the aftermarket distributor was the issue.
Love you brotha 😘
Thank you for being here for us all you’re the reason why I rebuilt my transmission on my gsr swapped 4dr second gen integra
Finally some legend helps. Get it mark. Save bravus of his cocky khaki
EP3, Khaki, blazer...it doesnt matter to me man. Enjoy watching it all. Thanks for the uploads man!
yes bring back out the EP3
Yes bring the ep3 and take drivetrain for khaki
Normally I watch your videos at night, but this week has been a nail biter and i had to watch this on my lunch break right away...nice work man I'm stoked for you
I dont know crap about imports but its great to see you smiling again keep yoour head up buddy
Intermittent issues with my old civic was from the engine coolant temp sensor. It was going bad but it was still slightly working. It’s worth a shot since it’s so cheap to replace
Try and adjust the tps sensor with the multimeter. Key on position, closed throttle 0.5v, full throttle 4.5v
My buddy literally had the same problem idle sounds fine the sputters when he drives...had him switch the distributor...corrected the issue. The dizzy houses the camshaft position sensor and that sensor was bad
I just saw that snake tuning dropped a mini c.o.p. distributor replacement on sale.
Try changing coil packs with ep3 and see if she clears up
Distributor suppose to have cam position sensors still operating in there. If you somehow remove them then there’s your issue. You can get a cam position sensor that posts and mounts on the cam gear with the sensor there.
Even when it’s temporary, man does it feel good to enjoy the car. I just fixed my 335i with a new ecu. I can’t wait to rewrap all the wiring with high temp protection and then rip it!
Love your content. I have a few ideas for you. Since you had water in the cylinder tubes, please inspect the distributor internals for moisture or oil seeping. (remove cap on distributor). Inspect the distributor shaft for side to side movement. (possible distributor bearing worn out). Inspect the pickup coil inside the distributor. There should be an resistance (ohm) measurement and also air gap measurement you can do. Also check to see that the pickup coil wires out of the distributor to the ECU are shielded with special wires and grounded properly. These wires can pickup magnetic interference from other sensors. Hope this points you into figuring out the cause of your issues. Let us know how it turns out on the next video! Keep your head up, you will figure it out.
Only 3 things to run an Engine:
1. Air
2. Fuel
3. Spark
Air is always there, and you fixed your fuel issue with the regulator so it actually starts up. Spark is your issue.
Sidenote - I had a 91 EF with an B18b and had countless of issues with Autozone Bosch Dizzys, went aftermarket and was still having the issue come back every year. I'm confident its your dizzy. You can test the coils just start the car and unplug one at a time if its the same when unplugging on then its that coil. You got this
🦾
4 need compression as well
You’re almost there bud 🙏🏼
Try go back using copper plugs and install a ground wire on valve cover. Install the wire on valve cover not on the stud. I have a problem when the engine goes to operating temps and once it was turn off, it wont start. I moved the vc ground cable from stud to the cover and no issue after that. Hope you get it fix man!
Check the junction box on the engine harness. On the rywire harness it should be right with all the plugs for the Ecu and chassis harness clip. that junction box is used for the signal to the injectors to open and close. Also if that’s not the cause it might be a good move to get another harness do to your car being subjected to all that summer heat it may have broken down the insulation that’s needed to keep other signals out. I hope this helps bro and stay positive.
RIP BEAR .
DB Fam Checkin In
Best ef on yt
I like to think so 🤣🤫
Yes!!! This is why I want one so badly I got a eg but I want a ef
@@deadbeatgarage it truly is brother, has been, when you were building it, khaki is what brought me to your channel, so it's special to me in a way as well 🤘🤙
Bro....NGL, the only reason I found your channel was cause of khaki. Searching for honda content and I've stuck with your channel through all the S10, blazer, Colorado content and ALL and everything in between. #Dbfam 💪🏼✌🏼
You'll get my man!!❤
Sounds great 👍🏾! sometimes just sometimes it's the easiest most dumbest thing that has you chasing your tail to pin point the issue, but when you get it it's satisfying when you're ripping through the gears. Welcome back khaki!!!
Compression check
Be sure the injectors and fuel are correct for the tune
Last would be distributor. Being its running and amount of water in the plugs, probably corrosion inside the distributor. Hopefully it's something small. With the amount of smoke and apparent oil consumption with low viscosity oil, could be stumbling from burning that much oil. Love the video. Keep up the great work
YES YES YES !!!!!!!! KHKAIS IS BACK!!!!!!!!
Hi dude I think you need to run a vacuum hose to the fuel regulator I had the same problem
Thank you for not giving up on khaki. And greatly appreciate the videos. As a person who literally watches every video. To make your paycheck we dont necessarily need non stop videos on one thing bro. Bounce around if you need to.
Also im a little concerned on that rywire harness and it potentially having wiring coming unpinned?
Sometimes If a coil pack fails only under load, it usually indicates a weakened or worn-out coil that struggles to produce enough voltage to ignite the air-fuel mixture properly when the engine is under stress, like during acceleration or uphill driving; essentially, the coil can handle normal idling conditions but breaks down when high power is required
For convenience always keep your
fuel bump on the oem 5 second delay. But for added security added a manu as long over ride fuel pump swith. Same for your radiator fan. My fan comes om at 160⁰ through my fueltec cotrol, again. I installed a back up switch as well
change the cam sensor in the distributor. to check it, put a timing light on it and see what the timing swing is doing in reference to the ecu commanded ignition timing. i have a feeling that's your problem
Hell yeah buddy 😎 DBFam....
Thanks for bringing Khakhi back ❤❤❤
K swap it, use the ep3 as a donor and you would just need mounts and a harness for the swap. LSV swaps are a pain and timing is never right especially when you deck the block and shave the head. Check timing with a timing light to make sure. Above all, its good to see you pushing through and smiling!
that AMM fab work is 🔥 mike ported the head on my srt4, flows hella good! i need to bring him my supercharger next
It has to be either, your distributor, COP kit somewhere, fuel regulator, ORRRR try a few sensors (IACV TPS etc.)
I have had one coil so that only on load it misfired due to one bad coil pack hardest one I had to diagnose finally did all the coils and it ran great again all the time
I can hear it sputtering when you were driving. It definitely sounds like ignition problem.
I always heard those parts store dizys suck. Get a Red dragon if you plan on replacing it.
Same part store dizzy always run like shit!
Have you injectors cleaned. E85 will gunk them up and spray like crap. Take them to a person that has the machine to clean them and check the spray pattern.
I love the Khaki content and would definitely like to see some ep3 content after!
I haven't watched I a couple months. I'm so sorry for your loss!! Been a sub for years at this point brother! My heart breaks for you!
It's worth a try bro try switching the map sensor to the top of the throttle body cuz on Hondas most of the time the sensors on the top instead of the bottom on the throttle body if it don't work then you can just put it back where you had it before
Bro. Don’t matter what you post. I’ll still watch your videos. Except for the boat videos. Not very interesting to me. But everything else has gotten my attention. Glad to see khaki running again. You’re getting closer to doing them pulls on it again. Hope to see you solve the mystery soon. Keep it up.
When we have done a coil on plug swap, we get rid of everything inside the distributor and just use it as a Homing sensor for the ecu timing. Use the ecu to trigger direct to the plugs and only use the distributor for Homing
I had a similar issue when the temp sensor was reading 10 degrees off so it kept thinking it was colder then it actually was, causing it to dump to much fuel when hitting slowly accelerating
DBFAM!!! That’s one beautiful car!!🔥🔥🔥
Try a dizzy and put the ep3 coil packs on it they can be cracked from sitting in the sun so long
So do you still have a knock sensor? If so maybe the exhaust is rattling enough now to cause knock? Maybe watch live data with hondata? The load being the issue now makes some more sense now
Try a stock dizzy and plugs if that don't work ground the motor do a valve lash also
I got my BEAR sticker's and beautiful picture of him man broke my heart when I seen it I ain't going to lie I cried and so did my wife man I feel your pain we will be putting the sticker on the cars tomorrow. I'm glad you kept doing your dream on these videos brother continue to keep your head up and your family's as well we will continue to pray for you and your family brother one day we will all meet him in heaven brother may God continue to bless you and your family and your dreams much love my brother 🙏❤
Yesssss ep3 needs a comeback!
What about dyno tuning to see if it's a fueling issue or a timing issue . Love the content brother!
The ef is king, slip streams are all in Georgia...I'm constantly looking for mesh wheels lol
Bring the ep3 back
Or sale it to me
He will never win lol always something haha after he works on that it will be the blazer lol
@@SkyTheHondaGuyy he said if we wanna see it then to leave a comment
@@BozoThaTroll I know I’m just giving him crap we are all ready to see him cycle through the builds more or so the Hondas lol
Nahhh swap the ep3 motor n trans into gotham
Inside your distributor there is 3 important dutys and info it gives your computer . It has a cam trigger, crank angle sensor
try tune first to make sure everything is running right then dizzy, and if it doesn't work, try new crank position sensor.
Have you check to see if you jumped timing possibly? Other then that usually when any Honda/Acura sounds like a Subaru this is how I describe the sound I hear its in the ignition somewhere. I have had plug wires, foul plugs, cracked distributer cap, rotor, coil, bad distributer bearings and seals, and timing belts all make my car miss you may also have water in your distributor cap the seal can go bad.
You need to hook up a laptop and go for a drive and data log it and see what exactly is going on either fuel or spark related. You can always send the log to a tuner like brent and have him look over it.
Coil boots were my problem did good at idle but under loud it started a miss the plastic was split under the boot
Also check your harness for chaffing on distributer wires as well had a b18 that would have a random missfire and would shut off and not start sometimes turned out to be a loose wire on the dizzy plug !!!!!
Swap dizzy parts with one on a running car OEM, the part stores ones suck and I had to chase dizzys on my ef forever same issues as you!
Awesome work! Please continue to make videos.
Love to see the EP3 come back. That and the Camaro.
I was watching the ecu flash while you were driving, it's flashing 2 which if memory serves is O2 sensor?
Do a head gasket test and compression test. Just to make sure everything is sealed.
He just rebuilt it
Having water in the plugs could have short out a coil possibility but video shows when driving it cutting out like theres a short in the dizzy making it misfire and boging out and sputtering a bit. Had the same issue with my buddys teggy bought the red dragon distributor problem gone and ran amazing. ...oh if you need more contant to make i have a 87 s10 blazer im doing an ls swap on as well wanna make some content on it lol also in az.
Have you check the advanced timing or the distributor see if it is clocked correctly
Id say get an oem engine harness and oem b series dizzy aslong with a basemap tune and see if it’s having the same issue
Ok water in spark plug hole will cause a coil pack to short cause it has nowhere to go so it will try to come out the side try coil packs from the junkyard. Then distributor.
Install a stock distributor back onto it if the tune will allow it, I’ve seen another video a guy that went coil on plug and his was always finicky and would sometimes miss and sometimes it would be good, it’s worth a shot for sure!
Hell yeah!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I had a very similar issue on my foxbody. Ended up being the Throttle Position Sensor. Didnt really find it until it fully failed.
Glad to see Khaki coming together again. My opinion, replace the whole dash harness. I think your issue is sitting in there somewhere. I want to say as well, check the sleeves for cracks, but it isnt using oil or water at a rapid rate so doubt its there.
Trying putting a stock distributor and wires in it and see if it changes
Brother Bear, It has to be electrical. Change distributor.. Reason for saying that I chased my tail with an electrical issue kinda the same what your having. Come to find out the gear on the bottom of the distributor had some slop in it. So sometimes would work and then won't work. Found it back accident when I pulled it and my little brother was playing with the rotor and gear. Just enough slop to cause an issue. Hope this may help.
It's gonna be time consuming and a pain in the ass but I think you're right about it being a sensor. Gotta replace 1 at a time and if it doesn't fix it, return it and try another, repeat until fixed or eliminated the possibility of a sensor issue. Thanks for the vids
💪🏼💪🏼 keep it up bro
It could be your distributor and it doesn't seem like it's advancing when you go to rev it up maybe
What was the torque spec on the wheels ,I want to know if I had it right at 80 on mine 🤩 beautiful car ,and great build 😎
I do all of mine at 90... Every vehicle I've ever owned lol
Love the content bro
Need to connect the fuel pressure regulator vac to the manifold. It's very important.
Red dragon distributor
Khaki is alive 🎉
Kind of having the same problem need to change the fuel pump ,keeps draining my battery or new alternator
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
Also check the compression and flow test the injectors bro
Is the vacuum line hooked up to you fuel regulator?
Take it to "import power house" bro get rid of the headache's they are local they know their stuff ..been there where I can't find the problem at all and it frustrating but took it there boom fixed 👌just make an appointment n take then bring out the ep3 while they fix the khaki in day 😄 they that good
Sticker looks great on the back of khaki.
Since oem dizzys are like finding a giant diamond, but supposedly those red DragonFire distributors on ebay, etc, are good, at least allot more reliable than autoparts stores.
And the memory thing, there's tons of natural supplements you can take that will help.. but like me the root cause is we just burn too much & get Dat Der short-term memory loss.
I'm having the same problem with my Ek B20V and I decided to open the Dizzy and everything was rusted in there, so I gotta buy a new 1 my car is doing the same thing.
Clean up the distributor on the inside of it. It is called Common Knowledge and you got it. That’s not a bad thing either bro,you got this.
Can you data log it so u can seen what’s happening in the sensors ?
Definitely the distributor
condolences to you and the family
Smoke test it my b20 sounded similar when the intake manifold gasket went bad
Connect fuel pressure reg vacuum. Do a video of your wideband when it’s breaking up. Sounds like it’s too rich down low in the tune.
The distrtbuter shaft could be loose or worn bearings.Keep up the good work
Find someone with an oscilloscope, this tool will tell you a ton of information about your coils, ignition events, spark events and it will even give you virtual compression. There are tons of videos about this.
Wish I was closer. I would bring a 4 channel oscilloscope.
Try and get a oem distributor I've had alot of freids that have had running/misfire issues that were caused by auto part store distributors
Way to stay positive through out the Khaki saga. Your girl is right.
I had a Jetta that ran like that when the coil packs went
Check the signal wire to the dizzy and I would honestly replace that wiring harness in the bay. The dizzy isn't the issue but I bet it's the engine harness.
Replace the fuel pressure gauge/regulator, make sure your base pressure is correct. Double check your injector dead times. Maybe try and see if the coils are problematic, try some other distributor options or call Nomis and see what they think. Double check timing, retune. Seemed a bit rich at cold idle.
This may have been asked already but have you checked for vacuum leaks?