Series four electrical problem
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Series four electrical problem
Does anyone know what I can do to check to see why I don't have spark at the plugs, I have a series one car with the series four 13B Turbo electrics and loom.
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Thanks for your reply, I ran power directly from the battery to power up the coils and still no spark at the plugs when I cranked the motor, I borrowed a pair of coils and hooked them up but the same no spark and no power to the coils by the key, powered them up directly from the battery and still nothing.
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so your coils aren't getting power either. so now you need to find where the coils get their power from.
the aus rotary forum is more active than this 1 for australian owners suggest you also try there
also google stuff like "car ignition" have a look at this site to and compared it with your car
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ignition-system.htm
eric e
the aus rotary forum is more active than this 1 for australian owners suggest you also try there
also google stuff like "car ignition" have a look at this site to and compared it with your car
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ignition-system.htm
eric e
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Hi Eric thanks for the info your sending, I looked into how things work and its a great sight, I'll check the distibutor and then the ECU, seems like the ECU controls the firing of the spark.
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the problem might also be an ignition module, usually a little black box that is bolted somwhere in the engine bay
they usually give no trouble but when they do they just go dead and you get no spark
can't think of an easy way to test one without comparing it with a known good 1
unfortunately wreckers and friends don't like lending out good ones for fault finding as they sometimes get smoked by the problem car
not often, but enough that it is a real risk
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they usually give no trouble but when they do they just go dead and you get no spark
can't think of an easy way to test one without comparing it with a known good 1
unfortunately wreckers and friends don't like lending out good ones for fault finding as they sometimes get smoked by the problem car
not often, but enough that it is a real risk
eric e
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