RE: [DML] fuel distributor- no fuel from #1 and #4 ports???

["Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx>]

Might I suggest taking this opportunity to convert to EFI??

True, you have already dumped a good deal of money in to your current fuel system, but a new fuel distributor will be expensive. While I agree with others that a properly maintained stock fuel system will be reliable, given the choice to spend money to replace the stock distributor or covert to EFI, EFI is the way to go.

The EFI system is much less complex and more reliable. There are also possible benefits of fuel economy and performance.

See the archives for discussions on EFI conversions. If you want to do EFIfor a reasonable cost, check out the "Megasquirt" (google search).


In a message dated 9/9/02 6:22:42 PM Central Daylight Time, 
svw_coco@xxxx writes:

> I found out the hard way the fuel distributor plunger was 
> siezed, so I had a spare one that was supplied with the car when I 
> bought it. The car started but had to much fuel pressure, more 
> testing found that the pressure regulator was no good so it was 
> replaced. Now the car starts but it has a noticable miss to it, I 
> checked compression and it checks out fine across the board. Some 
> more testing found that #1 and #4cyl was not getting fuel from the 
> distributor. I double checked the fuel distributor part #'s and 
> found that the original one was 0 438 100 109 and the one that I 
> replaced it with is 0 438 100 114. They hook up the same, but for 
> some reson #1 and #4 are dry. I did find out that part # 0 438 100 
> 114 fits an early 4cyl turbo model and that #1 and #4 are blocked 
> with plugs in this aplication, if this is the case can anyone tell 
> me if there is a fix for this without opening the distributor? Any 
> help in this matter would be great. Thanks for you info