I recently replaced my engine with one from Japan ,a 1.5 liter 88-91 non-vtec.Everything went well until I tried to time the engine to the firing marks on the crank pulley, with a jumper wire in the diagnostic port under glovebox, the timing was still advanced so far I had to rotate the distributor clockwise past the mounting tab to block connection to line up firing mark on crank.I secured the distributor in that position and drove the car, if on the freeway, the check engine light comes on and car then loses power but works ok around town.I can start car and drive again but the cycle repeats itself.No codes are given and the check engine light stays off when I start up again.
I rechecked the timing as to belt cam sprocket and crank pulley, the crank pulley is identical to the USA one.I even timed by manually aligning the sensors in the distributor for firing the number 1 cylinder when the crank pulley was set at the firing mark with the distributor set in the normal pisition. The car runs like this but kind if crappy and dies ocassionally at idle after a while and does seem to be running really advanced when set like this.If anyone has run into this please let me know what to do,thanks!
I rechecked the timing as to belt cam sprocket and crank pulley, the crank pulley is identical to the USA one.I even timed by manually aligning the sensors in the distributor for firing the number 1 cylinder when the crank pulley was set at the firing mark with the distributor set in the normal pisition. The car runs like this but kind if crappy and dies ocassionally at idle after a while and does seem to be running really advanced when set like this.If anyone has run into this please let me know what to do,thanks!