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Originally Posted by Jon Goens View Post
HI all, hey has anyone experienced their distributor becoming overheated to the point of malfunctioning? I have a 1974 914 1.8lt with fuel injection and several time recently the distributor has heated up enough the cause failure, actually melted the rubbing block. any thoughts? is there a place to lubricate the moving parts? this one has me stumped. thanks
I can only assume the oil feed hole is blocked and the lower bush is seizing ,heat is traveling up the shaft as a result,maybe time to pull that one asap and look for a replacement before it locks up completely as that will make a big mess , cheers.
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