92 galant not starting

That's good, distributor was probably the cheapest option it could have been, I'd say you lucked out :)

Good luck finding an ECU on a carburettored vehicle.

I have a distributor for one of these spare somewhere at my mum's place in Taumarunui, but unfortunately she wouldn't know what to look out for and I can't get it because I'm in Australia at the moment. On average there is at least one 4G37 powered vehicle (ie Galant, Chariot, Sigma etc) at any of the pick a parts in Auckland.

yes a.Woodrow I'm happy with the outcome, and thanks for the thought Phillip heh, I had a look on the pickapart website and lower hutt has 2 models that i think fit the bill, will be heading up at 12. hope the rain holds off

carjam states this about my car:

Engine no: HH3091
CC rating: 1,755cc
Country of origin: Japan

Am I safe to assume that any 92 1.8l galant with the same body shape as mine will have the appropriate part!

from the site: http://pickapart.co.nz/stock.asp!yid=4
i found this vehicle that I assume will have the part I need:
Galant 4door Sedan - 1992 - Blue - Petrol - Automatic 1.8 Model No EE35Acc

it is the closest match to my car on the list

what attributes can I look for that will mean they have the same part. hmm

92 is the changeover year, so it could be the last of the old shape or start of the new shape. An old shape 92 1.8 could have either the SOHC carburettored 4G37 (the engine you have), SOHC injected 4G37, DOHC injected 4G67 or even the turbodiesel 4D65 of which the last two don't even have a distributor. The new shape 1.8 has no less than 5 different versions too, all of which none are the same as the 4G37 you have.

old box shape Chariots from approx 1983 until 1990 often have the 4G37 carburettored engine, as do Cordia GSLs and Tredia SEs, and the 84-88 shape FWD Sigma GL (or was that GLX!) too from memory.

The HH3091 is just the engine serial number and not the actual engine number. You will find both the engine number and the engine serial number stamped on a tab protruding from the edge of the block where it meets the bottom of the cylinder head on the #1 cylinder end, on the side facing the radiator. If you look down between the engine and the power steering pump you will see it - often it gets covered in grease so cleaning it with a rag or degreaser helps.

hi phillip thanks for the explanation - I found an older 89 model and pulled the distributor off which had the same part number, took it to the mechanic and am now waiting for 3pm to pick it up, the part only cost me $24 from pick-a-part and $50 to the mechanic for diagnosis, pulling the old and replacing the new. very happy right now.

thank you all - have a great day.

ugh - went to pick it up and got told to get the coil as well. another $14 to the bill + another hour wait

$14 for a coil is cheap! I wouldn't be surprised if the actual fault lied within the coil from the beginning and the distributor needing replacement was just a mis-diagnosis (which is easy enough to do).