Expected life of distributor cap

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Aug 4, 2005 | 04:19 PM

gearshift

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Expected life of distributor cap

What is the expected life of a distributor cap and rotor. What is the best cap and rotor to install? I have noticed a tremendous about of oxidation on the cap (ionization) after 4K miles[&:] Shouldn't a cap and rotor last 10k miles?

Aug 5, 2005 | 04:07 PM

6thgen

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RE: Expected life of distributor cap

yeah, it should last longer than that...and the best cap in my opinion is OEM.

Aug 6, 2005 | 07:32 AM

Evlampius

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RE: Expected life of distributor cap

any cap that will say "Made in Japan" will be good - everything that says made in China or made in USA will be bad

Apr 17, 2010 | 07:30 PM

WheelBrokerAng

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Originally Posted by reagd

When in any doubt change it with all that time and wear. The clearance between the rotor and cap could be excessive.

I go with this last post also..Change it!

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