I just changed the cap and rotor on a 1986 k5. Though now it is making a clicking noise coming from the distributor. It appears to be the rotor, but I am not sure why it would be doing that since I tightened it down what I thought was sufficient. If anyone has some obvious enlightenment for what I should be doing when I take it back apart, it would be greatly appreciated.
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clicking noise from rotor
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I would take it apart and check it before something breaks. I would not start it till I did.
Sometimes you can actually put the cap on and not have it seated correctly, which could cause this or even a defective rotor. or the wrong one from a person who pulled the wrong part. definatly fix it before sumthin bad happens.
MA87K5
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Check the play on the dist itself. I had one with too much play and it would break the rotor.
Is it a click or a snap like a plug wire arcing to ground?
Had a similar problem on my 91 and I thought it was a click, but cranking the motor over one night without the driveway lights on confirmed it was a bad plug wire (looked like someone was welding under the hood
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Had a similar problem on my 91 and I thought it was a click, but cranking the motor over one night without the driveway lights on confirmed it was a bad plug wire (looked like someone was welding under the hood)
American84K5
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Rotor might've come loose.
Mine kept coming off
Stuck some thread lock on it and now it doesn't
Mine kept coming off
Stuck some thread lock on it and now it doesn't
