Help A Chick Out!!!

[Evil torquetress]

Ok..well I will have it checked this weekend and I'll repost and let you guys know if that is it thank you for all your help so far. And also messing with my distributor can that mess up my timing? like I said only things I have done to it is my clutch altnator and took the cap off underneathe my distributor....and tune-up. Also does autozone have db1 and db2 I think my car is db1 to check all my codes so I can post them up?

[USMC302]

Turning the dist, or moving it at all will throw timing off, turning the dist is how you set it in the first place. Autozone should be able to pull the codess from your car fine. Good luck!

[collinjay71]

If you messed with the distributor you most likely advanced the timing and thats causing your knock. I would run the 93 octane until you get it fixed. As far as the smog pump you can get an eliminator kit for pretty cheap on summit racing.

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[sykostanger]

I agree with USMC302, its no doubt the timing.

[Unit 5302]

Hmm... This is a bit of an odd problem in my book. It sounds to me like you might have a couple different issues, but if it was working before and you did something to it, it's usually whatever you did to it that's causing the problem now.

It sounds to me like you just changed the distributor cap and rotor, but you didn't intentionally move the distributor itself. Even so, some times people that do mess with the timing don't tighten the distributor bolt down well enough, and that could be your issue.

Just for the record, a 1995 Mustang GT runs an OBD-I emissions system, not the newer 1996+ OBD-II style.