Intruder and I were trying to figure out why my car wasn't generating spark yesterday...
There are a few stumbling blocks we have:
The first thing the checklist says to do is check for error codes in the ECU. Unfortunately, the GTX ECU doesn't support a CEL... and I don't have a code reader, so I don't know if there are any errors.
The igniter test asks for an SST, which of course, I don't have. So I don't know how to test that.
The coil itself mostly checked out okay, although it doesn't generate any spark. The resistance was a little bit over spec for the primary coil, but I would figure it'd still be good enough to generate at least some spark.
So the questions are:
There are a few stumbling blocks we have:
The first thing the checklist says to do is check for error codes in the ECU. Unfortunately, the GTX ECU doesn't support a CEL... and I don't have a code reader, so I don't know if there are any errors.
The igniter test asks for an SST, which of course, I don't have. So I don't know how to test that.
The coil itself mostly checked out okay, although it doesn't generate any spark. The resistance was a little bit over spec for the primary coil, but I would figure it'd still be good enough to generate at least some spark.
So the questions are:
- How to test the igniter?
- For what reasons would the ECU not activate the igniter?
- When coils go bad, does the resistance go up or down? (I'll probably change it anyway, I bet it has 160,000 miles)
- Am I ****ed?
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