So my car that hasn't been running for 2 years has no spark, ideas?
02-03-2008, 04:46 PM
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So my car that hasn't been running for 2 years has no spark, ideas?
The car has been sitting for 4 years, last time it was started was 2 years ago and it fired up no problem (with a new battery).
I recently tried starting it and it would just crank. Gas tank was about 1/10th so I put in about 1/4 tank more and some gas line anti-freeze.
So this weekend I pulled the plugs and they were covered with a crispened dusting of black carbon. I put a new plug into the coil-pack, grounded and proceed to turn the car over but got no spark. Tried all 4, same result.
Ideas?
I recently tried starting it and it would just crank. Gas tank was about 1/10th so I put in about 1/4 tank more and some gas line anti-freeze.
So this weekend I pulled the plugs and they were covered with a crispened dusting of black carbon. I put a new plug into the coil-pack, grounded and proceed to turn the car over but got no spark. Tried all 4, same result.
Ideas?
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02-03-2008, 06:50 PM
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if the power output stage is bad, you wouldn't get a spark even though it was turning over
look at the link in my sig for a test for the part. you can also test the low voltage lines from the ecu (to the power output stage/relay) to see if the ecu is sending the low voltage signal to the power stage. I went through it all before i changed my output stage. It's pretty easy with a volt meter.
i'm guessing it's not the issue, but you could eliminate a few things from it. at least you would know you were getting signal from the ecu and likely eliminate the first half of the equation. hope that helps some...
i'm guessing it's not the issue, but you could eliminate a few things from it. at least you would know you were getting signal from the ecu and likely eliminate the first half of the equation. hope that helps some...
02-04-2008, 04:42 AM
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Dilectric compund?
Sorry about the spelling... Are you getting current through the wire? Perhaps your electrodes have corroded so bad that the spark can't make the jump? Perhaps if you make sure you have clean connection points inside the wire end of the plug, and at the spark plug's conductor, and coat the connection surface with dilectric grease...? Perhaps you can check your engine grounding points for corrosion, or even try using an induction-based plug wire tester. Just a collection of things that may or may not work. Good luck!