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I’m assuming I have a new wire from coil to cap, I got a whole new distrib already put together. The car will crank with no spark then after 2 seconds it’ll get a weak one (it’s orangeish not blue and inconsistent) then fire up. How would I go about checking grounds? I also had some oil spilled over the engine could that have messed with wires?
Spark is bad on all wires
Ok thanks for the help, appreciate it. I would assume not all the ignition wires would go at once though so if all 4 are getting weak spark can I rule them out?
I replaced cap and coil when I did distributor
So would the next step be ignition wires? I’m assuming by that u mean the ones that go from cap to plugs?[quote=”Fopeano” post=134878]Do what College Man says.
I would expect 170+ to be solid numbers on something like that. I was thinking maybe a coolant temp sensor issue or something of that nature, which is usually the kind of thing that.
Would it start cold and then run and drive fine indefinitely, or did it not run right after it had been driven long enough that you wouldn’t be able to restart it?[/quote]
Depends on the gauge. I’ve seen someone have a reading of about 120 on one gauge, then 170 on a different one. So the 140 seems to be the target goal; in my opinion anyway.
I actually ordered a coolant temp sensor since it was a cheap part, but the fact that it won’t start at all now makes me think that isn’t the problem.
Once the car was started it ran normally without any issues in acceleration or higher speeds. It just wouldn’t start back up again until it cooled down.
I’ll try those suggestions tomorrow, done working on it today. Thanks for the help so far though!
Just checked the fuel pressure and it went up to 60 psi while I was cranking before falling back down. Book says 31-37 psi.
I checked it on the return line though, would that make a difference?I also tried putting some starting spray in the carb but it was a no go, ended up backfiring
Compression Test Results:
1: 140
2: 100
3: 120
4: 105Car currently is not starting at all, but cranks well.
Any suggestions on where to go from here? Should I test fuel pressure or does this signify its a compression issue?
Update again. Just tested for spark and it has one. Not sure whether or not its weak but I took a video of it.
Hopefully you guys are able to watch it.
Ok so this morning the car wouldn’t start at all. It cranked normally but never fired up. I pulled off the distributor and it has no crack in the coil. (see below)
Any thoughts or suggestions on what to do next?
