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so. I have no spark so I put a test light on the wires going to my coils, i have power there, it doesnt flash when i crank it though, just stays solid. is my igniter pooched??

Have you replaced the coil? Is there no spark from all 4 plugs on the coil?

Have you scanned it for codes yet? I hate to just blindly throw out ideas if there are codes to be read. But it could also be crank and cam sensors.

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ya. i plugged the wires in under the dash and the engine managment light just keeps going long blinks so that is either no codes or crank sensor. I put the crank sensor from my old engine in but nope. no codes

Could be a cam position sensor problem.

I don't know jack about where the ignition control module would be in that car. Or if it's even similar to what we see here in the US. It might just be built into the ECM.

 

7133-1.jpgThis is the igniter module that we're most familiar with. I guess you could poke around under the hood looking for something of that nature. Its only about 50mm x 50mm.

If it's showing a code for the crank sensor, and you mentioned that you changed motors. The first thing I would do is make sure that your crank pulleys are the same. I'm talking about the teeth that stick out from the pulley for the cranks sensor to read from. Not the teeth the timing belt ride on. If you changed cranks sensors and still have that code, I would check that first.

us cars have an igniter that feeds the coil, if it fails, swapping coils and wires will not help. ours is located on the fire wall by the trans support, the dog bone.

 

i would think even if you have the wrong cam pulley you would get some kind spark even if it would not start the car.

Not the cam sensor, as that has to do with injector timing. Car will still run with a bad cam sensor, however crank sensor goes bad the car will not start.

Has anyone thought of the Ignition fuse in the fuse box under the steering wheel???

 

I pulled one out by accident when changing my old stereo, forgot to put it back in and searched everything for about 6 hours until I realised. Handy thing to know about, good way to make your car a little more secure if you're leaving it somewhere for a while.

 

Will crank, but never start.

Has anyone thought of the Ignition fuse in the fuse box under the steering wheel???

The OP asked about a fuse in a previous thread. Not sure if he/she ever checked it though.

 

Not the cam sensor, as that has to do with injector timing. Car will still run with a bad cam sensor, however crank sensor goes bad the car will not start.

It MIGHT still run, FSM says it might not though.

AM: DTC P0340

— CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT

MALFUNCTION —

DTC DETECTING CONDITION:

Immediately at fault recognition

TROUBLE SYMPTOM:

Engine stalls.

Failure of engine to start

 

AN: DTC P0341

— CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT

RANGE/PERFORMANCE PROBLEM —

DTC DETECTING CONDITION:

Immediately at fault recognition

TROUBLE SYMPTOM:

Engine stalls.

Failure of engine to start

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