Hi all, this time I'm really confused! (this is going to be a long one so I can explain everything!)
I went out to start my car this morning and it went for about 5 seconds and then died, after playing with it for ages thinking it was a fuel
starvation problem, I thought I should see if it was an ignition problem. I removed one of the spark plugs and rested it on an earth point and turned
the engine over-no spark. I then attached the plug lead directly to the coil and put that on an earth point-still no spark!One thing I have noticed is
that there is a small spark from the coil when I turn the ignition toggle switch on or off. Seeing as I had been fiddling with fitting a stereo I had
been leaving the ignition on for a long time last night so I suspected I had fried my coil, fitted a brand new one- still nothing. Although, the box
of the new coil said to use with a ballast resistor but the guy in the shop said I wouldn't need that as I was using a lumenition. Really
confused here and I wasted a whole sunny day! Any ideas are greatly appreciated! Oh and its a 1680 X/flow on weber 40's using a lumenition
ignition.
Thanks, Alex.
it's a crossflow, on twin fortys on a cold day, it's gonna not like it, mine is usually the same, have to keep the revs up fr a couple
seconds to keep it warm and running.
unless someone knows different
Not that, its a really good starter and I've got a high torque starter motor, just popped off the distributor cap to find that the lumenition chopper has "chopped" through one of the wires to the eye light. out with the soldering iron! Thanks anyway Nib!
This might be way off but a friend had a similar problem here in SA - he was using lead free petrol but not unleaded - i.e. lead replacement petrol -
and allowed the car to become flooded. then couldn't get it to spark.
To cut a very long story short, it turned out the lead replacement metals coated the plug causing a short circuit and a normal wipe to dry the plugs
didn't remove the problem - only thing that restored spark was new plugs - go figure.
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Originally posted by alexdj125
Although, the box of the new coil said to use with a ballast resistor but the guy in the shop said I wouldn't need that as I was using a lumenition.