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- May 29, 2008
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- 125
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Transmission
- Manual
after a long day of changing an oil pump we had to start it to see if our work was worth while and when i started it we knew it was. the ticking is 99.95% gone and isnt noticable at idle and just barely noticable with the windows open at upwards of 3000 rpm.while in our hast to finish bolth of us forgot to plug in that plug on the distributer and our hearts began to sink when we cranked it and cranked it till the battery began to fade. then i realized the plug (?) wasnt pluged in and it started in secounds. but the short testride revealed that something else was wrong as the check engine light came on at the end of the test ride
. when i went to start it again the batery was dead and hardly turned the thing over once. any one have any ideas on what it might be? this was a brand new battery off the shelf never used once before. also will a dead battery cause the check engine light to come on ? next will turninin the engine over with that plug disconected hurt anythin ?and lastly what is that plug called and what does it do ?

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