I have dibs on a bad/missing ground. Is the ground strap between the valve cover and the front subassembly in place?

 

ok.. well i just found out that i have a bad intake gasket... in on the back of the valve cover down a little bit its leakin anti freeze... but some people said they dont think that would be the problem so what im gussing is that i have 2 problems..
i was going to replace that gasket and the distributor cap and rotor... the rotor metal piece has some rust on it so i was thinkin that bad.. lol so lemme know what u think

Edit: oh and to let u guys know i disc. the battery to reset the ecu and ran it a bit and then checked the codes and its clean so i dont think the tps is the prob besides its idleing fine

if i give it gas slow it dosnt do it if i keep it low gas till high end its fine... but other than that it bogs

 

ok... today im goin to advance auto parts and ordering an intake madifold gasket and buying a fuel filter... ill post what happens

 

still saying distributor

 

my moneys on the dizzy too, intake gaskets dont usually go rong unless u have had the inlet manifold off? and how honda get them bolts in the bracket underkneath on the b16a1 is beyond me entirely u need the car in the air and an arm thats 2mtrs long and as wide as a straw lol

 

Don't replace the IM till you find your problem. (It's probably the dizzy). It will complicate matters.

-PHiZ

 

ok today i replaced the fuel filter and it didnt do anything
i sprayed wire drive in the dist cap... where the wires go and it got a little worse... so should i replace the whole dist. or start with the cap/rotor or? cause dizzy's are like 200 bucks :'(
Also today i realized that i dont think the intake manifold gasket is bad i think it was just some over flow oil... but i could have swore it was green i dont know i just have it ordered it was 4 bucks what can it hurt... but i wont put it on yet
and i replaced my main ground from the engine to the front strut bar and its fine... so all leads to dizzy..
im takin bets...

EDIT: Oh and i opened up my dizzy cap and the metal on my rotor (button) has some rust on it... could this mean "!DEFECTIVE!"?

 

Intake manifold Gasket leakage is ,, I cant say a common problem,, but it does occur.. If it does happen,, It WILL cause a misfire. Easiest way to diagose is to spray Brake clean, carb cleaner, while your car is running along the area where the intake meets the Cylinder head,, top and bottom. if you notice any RPM change while spraying,, Its leaking. Thus,, a bad thing.

 

would anti freeze be coming out or could there just be an air leak?

 

distributor rotor nutton not the problem next is the cap...
things replaced
- plugs
- wires
- fuel filter
- distributor rotor button

To Do: beat my self in the face with a cresent wrench then replace the cap