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Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Advanced Member
Username: Bws88tr
Post Number: 3434
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 8:49 pm: | |
CHECK IGNITION AND CONNECTORS |
matt mechling (Mmechling)
New member
Username: Mmechling
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 8:46 pm: | |
I fixed it, it wa sthe cable running to the ignition diagnostic connector - thx |
Verell Boaen (Verell)
Intermediate Member
Username: Verell
Post Number: 1285
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 12:13 pm: | |
Well,
Try pulling the dash & checking the ignition fuse would be 1st thing.
Next would be to use the schematic in your owner's manual & see if you're getting ~12V to your coils & ignition electronics.
(A light bulb test is good enough, doesn't have to be a meter.)
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matt mechling (Mmechling)
New member
Username: Mmechling
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 9:18 pm: | |
Me again. I have quickly become addicted to this board. I looked this up in the archives but found nothing helpful. As I have mentioned, I just purchased an 87 328 GTS. It has 22k on it and hasn't been driven much. I have a mechanic in SC (140 miles away) who did basic tune up including belts and plug wires. I picked up the car on Sunday and it was running great. However, after driving it again on Monday, I heard a puffing sound, kind of like when you have leak in the exhaust, so I looked in the engine compartment and noticed that one of the air injection safety valves had cracked in half, I used the archives here and found a part number and instructions to replaced the faulty valve. After removing the valve I tried to start the car and it wouldn�t. Everything worked, and the starter sounded fine, but it wouldn�t start. I then replaced the valve and tried again. It still would not start. Obviously in the process, I had to wiggle around the area quite a bit...so much so that I even accidentally pulled out plug wire #3 from the dist. cap on rear cylinder bank. I fixed that. The car still wouldn�t start. Then, in speaking with my mechanic, he suggested I remove a plug and see if I am getting a spark. So I pulled a plug wire and put a spare plug in it, grounded it on the engine block and checked for a spark. There wasn't one. Maybe it wasn�t ground well, but I believe it was. The starter sounds fine, I can smell fuel if I pump the gas, the fuses are intact...it just appears I am getting no spark. Prior to my meddling, the car was starting perfect and running great. I only messed around the distributor cap area and a little bit under the ignition coils, but they all seem intact. Where should I start? Help Please. |
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