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post Aug 26, 2008 - 12:04 AM
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So I lend my jeep to a friend for a few weeks and go to drive the celica and find it running rough. After a bit of investigation Ive found the im getting a very small amount of spark from wire #4. So I did the usual swap plugs, new wires, new cap, new rotor...... Nothing, still a weak spark. So weak infact that its not even igniting fuel. Im not excited about the possibility of a pinched wire somewhere in the harness and im even less excited about the idea that I may have to hunt it down. So before I start pulling things apart let me go over what I know it isnt and hopefully someone will see light where I cannot.

out of the 3 mains (fuel,spark and air) Ive already figured out its the spark.

Its only happening on the #4 wire

Its not the plug, wire, distro cap, rotor as I have replaced them all.

I AM getting spark but its very weak and at times not there at all.

The old cap had burn/spark marks on the pins accept for the #4 one where it looked almost new.

I cant see any pinched wires but that doesnt mean something has worked itself loose some where out of view.

An option I have is running a MSD 6a ignition (if that would bypass my problem), Ive had one sitting on a shelf for almost 5 years and I have yet to install it. The only problem is I dont know how/which diagram to use for the install.

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post Aug 30, 2008 - 12:42 PM
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Plugs
Wires
Cap
Rotor
Distributer
Looked at wiring and plugs
Checked the seating of the injectors
Drained oil incase bad oil was causing the rings to get gunked
Compression test once, checking again today
Reseated injectors, today Im going to swap the #1 and #4 injector and see if that changes anything


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- 1bwilson   Ignition question   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:04 AM
- - presure2   check out the coil, bryan, and the wiring going to...   Aug 26, 2008 - 7:55 AM
- - DEATH   Wouldn't this indicate a problem within the di...   Aug 26, 2008 - 8:50 AM
- - 1bwilson   This is where I fall short on working on cars, Ive...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:07 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   coil would mean bad spark on all of them. i would...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:35 PM
- - DEATH   Essentially that's what I was trying to say - ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:40 PM
- - 1bwilson   I hope its the distro and not the wiring... man I ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 1:35 PM
- - DEATH   Just like it doesn't make sense it's the c...   Aug 26, 2008 - 1:53 PM
- - 1bwilson   I have the stock 95 distro that came with the car....   Aug 26, 2008 - 2:30 PM
- - DEATH   I got what I needed from your engine pic in your p...   Aug 26, 2008 - 2:33 PM
- - 1bwilson   Eww you looked at those old arse pictures? Theres ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 4:22 PM
- - 1bwilson   New distributer..... nadda.... sigh. Going to pu...   Aug 28, 2008 - 5:49 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   time to go Coil on plug! direct fire ignition...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:38 PM
- - lagos   how did you figure out that your spark was weak?   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:44 PM
|- - 1bwilson   QUOTE (lagos @ Aug 28, 2008 - 6:44 P...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:52 PM
- - 1bwilson   Thinking outside the box for a mement, say the spa...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:46 PM
- - Bitter   do a compression test.   Aug 28, 2008 - 10:06 PM
- - 1bwilson   Thats something I'll do, I hope there isnt any...   Aug 29, 2008 - 12:00 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Got your PM. Since you've replaced all of the...   Aug 29, 2008 - 9:18 AM
- - Hanyo   how would a compression test related to a bad spar...   Aug 29, 2008 - 12:43 PM
|- - 1bwilson   QUOTE (Hanyo @ Aug 29, 2008 - 10:43 ...   Aug 29, 2008 - 5:45 PM
- - 1bwilson   1 - 175 2 - 180 3 - 175 4 - 175 This is after a 5...   Aug 29, 2008 - 6:51 PM
- - Bitter   did you make a typo? 175 is fine for #4, its withi...   Aug 29, 2008 - 8:24 PM
- - 1bwilson   No 175 wasnt a typo. I believe it read 175 cause I...   Aug 29, 2008 - 10:28 PM
- - Bitter   just to refresh us, what all have you done up to t...   Aug 30, 2008 - 8:59 AM
- - 1bwilson   Plugs Wires Cap Rotor Distributer Looked at wiring...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:42 PM
- - 1bwilson   Ok, swapping the injectors I found that the head s...   Aug 31, 2008 - 10:05 AM


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