1998 Honda Civic no spark from distributor cap

1998 HONDA CIVIC
13,400 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DAPREZ107
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i've changed the distributor cap and rotor bcuz my car stalled out, i checked the timing belt and all....when the dist.cap is off i get a small shock from the coil, but when i put the dist. cap back on i'll put my finger inside the dist.cap spark plug hole and will not get any shock, could it be a bad coil?
Jul 30, 2008 at 6:05 PM
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KHLOW2008
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Hi daprez107

Looks like the coil is weak and needs to be replaced.
Aug 2, 2008 at 5:28 AM
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