No, the order jumps all over the place and #1 can be anywhere.
If you look on the intake manifold you should see some numbers in the cast. These will be the firing order. Something like 1 3 4 2 maybe.
If you have lost track of where #1 is, there are ways to find it again.
Some engines 'can' be wired the way you describe too. They have internal paths to the correct node inside the distributor cap, but they are unusual.
I always go buy a Haynes Manual for my vehicles. It is in the twenty dollar range and has decent info on fixing just about anything. And silly stuff like firing orders too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'stanya wrote:
> hello,
> is there any sort of convention in numbering points (or points of
> origins of spark plug wires) on a distributor cap?
> (this is for a 4 cyl, 1.5L engine; fuel injected MPI auto)
> for example would all caps for a 4 cyl auto follow a clockWise pattern > as follows:
> 12:00 wire 1; 3:00 wire 2; 6:00 wire 3; and 9:00 wire 4 or does it
> depend on the make model year etc.
> (orientation: looking at the distributor cap from the front of the car
> (i.e. facing the front of the car))
> ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY HOPED FOR AND GREATLY APPRECIATED !
> if on the HIGHLY LIKELY chance that the above analogy to a clock is
> inCorrect, where could i find info on this?
> many thanks in advance!
> and have a very good weekEnd!
>
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