car not running right....

[darksolderx]

Ok, so i painted my valve cover last night took it off and painted it red replaced all the gaskets on it because that was the main point of taking it off this morning i put it back on and used hondahond on each gasket and when i put it back on its not running right anymore, it idles really hard like its having a seizure of some sort and drives like s**t, i figured i put the sparkplug wires in the wrong place but i doubt it im 99% sure they are correct. the car was running pretty great before this and now its just s**t i could really use help. also its a 00 si.

 

[lethal6]

Sounds like plug wires to me.

 

[darksolderx]

Sounds like plug wires to me.

its funny youd say that as i was on the way to pick up my gf after posting this thread i started thinking perhaps my wires and or sparkplugs just went out after me having them off the car overnight.... seems a little ... idk ironic? but im sure its possible but come on any other ideas just in case?

 

[purpej1]

if it also drives like its having a seizure then its the plugs if you put them on wrong you basically mess up the firing order.

 

[darksolderx]

if it also drives like its having a seizure then its the plugs if you put them on wrong you basically mess up the firing order.

yeah well im sure they are in the right order so is it possible that the wires just went bad from being off all night? also bump for more results guys anything you can think of

 

[charlie brown]

i dont want to sound like an ass but, youre wanting these guys to spoon feed it to you and imo they have already given you the answer. are the wires in the correct order on the distbutor.

 

[steviezee47]

Im going to assume you have the d16y8

1 3 < the distributor
2 4

4 3 2 1 < The engine cylinders in this order when you are looking it from the front of car

Did you match the correct wires to the distributor?

 

[charlie brown]

Im going to assume you have the d16y8

1 3 < the distributor
2 4

4 3 2 1 < The engine cylinders in this order when you are looking it from the front of car

Did you match the correct wires to the distributor?

that was way more constructive than what i had to say. ill remember this in the future

 

[darksolderx]

Im going to assume you have the d16y8

1 3 < the distributor
2 4

4 3 2 1 < The engine cylinders in this order when you are looking it from the front of car

Did you match the correct wires to the distributor?

i have a b16a2, will that make a big difference

 

[darksolderx]

bump pics posted

 

[RonJ]

2 and 3 are switched.

 

[darksolderx]

2 and 3 are switched.

do you mean on my VC? or distributer cause i never moved the wires on my distributer

 

[RonJ]

do you mean on my VC? or distributer cause i never moved the wires on my distributer

Think about it. You can either swap the wires at the distributor cap or VC. The end result will be the same.

 

[darksolderx]

ok -_- problem fixed thanks everyone sorry for my lack of common sense

 

[98civb18c]

Think about it. You can either swap the wires at the distributor cap or VC. The end result will be the same.

RonJ for the mother f**king win.