TheTealHatch

Aight so my car suddenly died on me recently so I found out there was no spark so I replaced the ignitor and coil and all of a sudden it started up for a second then died. After that it wouldnt start up no more. Later on the next night I jumped the car cause the battery died and it started up for a good minute then it just shut off. Now the car is completely dead and it wont start up. There is spark and fuel but the spark is pretty weak. Ignitor and coil is replaced what else would be wrong??

Ctown2Ctown

sounds like a bad alternator. but before you buy a new one did you at least do the basics and check your plugs and wires?

TheTealHatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ctown2Ctown &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds like a bad alternator. but before you buy a new one did you at least do the basics and check your plugs and wires?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i checked my plugs and everything. everything seems fine.

Former User

How would you describe weak spark? How are you testing spark?

Have you checked whether the timing belt slipped a tooth or two?

singleslamit

have you checked the harness inside the dizzy check the spec on the input signals to and from

TheTealHatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RonJ@HT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How would you describe weak spark? How are you testing spark?

Have you checked whether the timing belt slipped a tooth or two?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i checked it with one of those spark testers.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by singleslamit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">have you checked the harness inside the dizzy check the spec on the input signals to and from</TD></TR></TABLE>

i opened up the dizzy already and did all the voltage testing and everything seems fine

Former User

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheTealHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i checked it with one of those spark testers.
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Just curious, what does weak spark look like with the tester? How do you know it's weak?

Also, is the spark weak at all four plugs?

TheTealHatch

One of my buddies compared it to his spark on his car and it looks a lot weaker than his

TheTealHatch

ahh now the fuel pump wont even prime

redboardrdr

did you do an altenator test? get the car started, then take the negative off the battery, if the car dies, that means ur altenator sux. whatever the problem is, hope it works out soon man.

Ctown2Ctown

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redboardrdr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you do an altenator test? get the car started, then take the negative off the battery, if the car dies, that means ur altenator sux. whatever the problem is, hope it works out soon man.</TD></TR></TABLE>

2 votes man, take it to advance auto/autozone and have the alt tested.

TheTealHatch

cant test that if i cant even get my car starting

hmtcrxsir

It happened to me one time. I had spark and I had fuel. Cylinders wasnt flooded. Turns out the ground to the ECU was bad. So I found out and it started back up. Hope this helps

JasonHi

where is the ground to the ecu located?