what is the red oil and the powder

[zacatecas]

Got 2 issues.Last night i was wiping my engine and i found this under my distributor.what do you think it is.its looks red to me but does not smell like transmission oil.
Also posted some pics with white powder coming from where the coil wire connect to the distributor.try cleaning it but comes back.

felt under the cap and this is what i got


this one is inside the cap


this one is under the cap



white powder coming from where the coil connect to


took some out so it could be more clearer


and tis is the result from all that crap

[1993accord]

oil and u need to replace ur dizzy o ring powder seen to be like carbon shavings

[C91BLX7]

White powder= Corrosion

Brown stuff is oil leaking through your cam seal.

[djcaz_aom]

The 'red' is from a faulty distributor seal. The power is from a bad electrical contact.

- Get a new seal.
- Put some dielectic grease in there to prevent the 'white' powder corrosion.

Hope that helps.

[zacatecas]

oil and u need to replace ur dizzy o ring powder seen to be like carbon shavings

isnt oil suppose to be black when dirty. ichecked my oil and it doesnt look the same color as my fingers

[zacatecas]

where exactly does the seal go?
in the distridutor is this what you call dizzy?

[Night Wolf]

its inside. where the dizzy shaft goes through. youll have to dissasemble it to take it out

[zacatecas]

I never taken the it off is it easy to do or should i take it to a mechanic and let him know whats wrong with it.you guys think that this is causing my car to hesitate and pulls in 1st and going into second gear and then after that it runs fine but when i get start over it does the same thing.

[PR CB7]

ur car is doing this because the distribuitor inner seal is leaking, its showing
on the inside replacing the o-ring will only take care of some of the leaking,
but not the hessitation

[djcaz_aom]

The hestitation is from the corrosion. Put some dielectric grease in there to protect the connection.

[zacatecas]

The hestitation is from the corrosion. Put some dielectric grease in there to protect the connection.

just in that one or can i put it in all of them.
after i cleaned my IAC valve and i tighting the fast idle thermo valve is started to do the pulling a hesitating.

[PR CB7]

i got 20$ dollars he puts dialectric grease and it still does the same

sorry por ser tan cabron ^^^^

[djcaz_aom]

You can put it in all of them. Also check the resistance on the wires, as they may be corroded as well. This will definately cause hesitation.

PR CB7, no pun taken.

[mrhonda]

Thats the internal seal in the distributor thats leaking...very common. Unfortunately it is not servicable, you must replace the distributor sub-assemblly.

[zacatecas]

Thats the internal seal in the distributor thats leaking...very common. Unfortunately it is not servicable, you must replace the distributor sub-assemblly.

hopefully i could find one in the junkyard this weekend.dont want to buy new one cause im planning in a swap 2-3 month.
what years on accords and ludes have the same distributor sub-assemblly?