roninjiro

i think it might be your pcv valve, reason being is b/c it gives your rings a tight seal as i was told. if it is clogged, the crankcase oil might be passing through your rings. (just a thought)

Skully

naw i just tested my ignition module and its pooped there is no reading on the resistance at all suppose to be like .82 or something i saw in the book...
anyways took it out smashed it lol didnt know they had lil circuit chips back in 81 looks pretty advanced actualy...and it has this gelly like coating over it its awsome lol...too bad it broke...oh well ill try a junkyard one if nothing then there goes 300 dollars

and also i jus wanna say im officialy a machinist now..:-D!!!! got a job n everything working manual and CNC yay!!! if i could only machine that module....

Bleach

I see those modules on Z-car classifieds now and then, or on eBay. Don't pay $300 for a new one. Get one used.

Skully

yeah i jus called the local JNKYARD, i saw a few 280's out there hope they have 81 one ...

EZDUZIT

Skully, I went through this before on my 81 ZX. You said your Ignition module had a small chip inside with jelly over it right? If the little chip was about 3/4 to 1" square it was an aftermarket (cheap ****) Module. Mine had the same one and lasted about three months.These are sold at any auto parts store and in my oppinion is not worth the money. When I took it to my Z mechanic he told me this and then showed me the inside of a original 81 Module, that little box is full of wires and a circuit board, Hardley what I had. Another thing is that the ignition Module on an 81 is only for that year! 82-83 model years had a little differnt one. Finding a ignition module for an 81 is a little harder I paid $100.00USD for mine but could have got 82-83 for $50.00USD all day long. The differnce is that the 81 has only 2 plugs where as the 82-83 have 3 plugs, However I did find out "After I bought mine" that the 82-83 modules will work on an 81, but an 81 will not work on an 82-83. On the 82-83 modules you will have a little plug with two wires that you will not use, If I rember correctly the 81 has a mechanical advance where as the 82-83 has an electrical advance that is what the other plug goes back to the computer to advance the timing. Hope this helps and I would strongly recomend not buying an aftermarket module espically for 300.00.

Skully

so if i got a 82-82 module...it would work i would jus have a plug in extra that i wouldnt plug into anywhere???
do the 82-83 ones have the two pluginst that hooks into the distributor for mech advance??

Bleach

well, I pulled my 1982 distributor apart and it had a mechanical advance inside it. 8-D

Skully

ok so its same cept for one plugin..will it affect it if its not pluged in??

EZDUZIT

From what I've been told no it will not change anything. That plug I know goes to the later computer(what it does exactly I can't rember). But my mechanic / Z specialist told me this he has done this in the past with no problems.

Skully

well thx alot guys ill call em up n tell them no matter what year 81-83 it will work fine...
thx ll see if i can get it going today!!

Bleach

If that doesn't work, keep the old distributor and put it on a different 280ZX. Maybe that'll fix the problem! LOL

Skully

lol ill keep it and shove the thing up yer *** see if it fires up....
anyways its 75 bux but for the distributor and the coil all at once...so i guess ill go pick it up