Ignition System Check..
10-08-2003, 10:47 PM
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Ok folks if you saw my other posts I was having problems getting my car to run correctly. So here is what I found
I checked the coils, everything works correctly. I removed the CAS (Crank Angle Sensor) assy. from the front of the engine, turning the ignition to the on position, I turned the gear by hand and checked each spark plug for spark. everything was good. I checked the wiring diagram and found that the coils control the fuel injectors as well. So as I turned the CAS, I could see the leading and trailing plugs firing for both rotors, but was only hearing one click from the primary injectors. I checked in the Haynes manual and found that there is a resistor pack located right behind the passenger headlight on the strut tower (long silver unit with a football shaped plug) The Haynes manual says to test the unit on two of the pins and there should be a 5-7 ohm reading, I got zilch... So tomorrow I go search for a new resistor pack, hopefully this will cure the no power problem.
Any one ever have a bad resistor pack?
I checked the coils, everything works correctly. I removed the CAS (Crank Angle Sensor) assy. from the front of the engine, turning the ignition to the on position, I turned the gear by hand and checked each spark plug for spark. everything was good. I checked the wiring diagram and found that the coils control the fuel injectors as well. So as I turned the CAS, I could see the leading and trailing plugs firing for both rotors, but was only hearing one click from the primary injectors. I checked in the Haynes manual and found that there is a resistor pack located right behind the passenger headlight on the strut tower (long silver unit with a football shaped plug) The Haynes manual says to test the unit on two of the pins and there should be a 5-7 ohm reading, I got zilch... So tomorrow I go search for a new resistor pack, hopefully this will cure the no power problem.
Any one ever have a bad resistor pack?
10-08-2003, 10:59 PM
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well it runs, but onl'y on one rotor...
rotor one is good, plugs are all nice and charcoal/black from a proper burn, the rear rotor, they look brand new, except for minor oil injection film I am not getting excessive richness or fuel or flames and the engine is lacking severe power, but it does run, it does get up to 60 mph, just takes about 4 miles to do it :P
rotor one is good, plugs are all nice and charcoal/black from a proper burn, the rear rotor, they look brand new, except for minor oil injection film I am not getting excessive richness or fuel or flames and the engine is lacking severe power, but it does run, it does get up to 60 mph, just takes about 4 miles to do it :P
10-09-2003, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by TheCamel' date='Oct 8 2003, 07:59 PM
well it runs, but onl'y on one rotor...
rotor one is good, plugs are all nice and charcoal/black from a proper burn, the rear rotor, they look brand new, except for minor oil injection film I am not getting excessive richness or fuel or flames and the engine is lacking severe power, but it does run, it does get up to 60 mph, just takes about 4 miles to do it :P
rotor one is good, plugs are all nice and charcoal/black from a proper burn, the rear rotor, they look brand new, except for minor oil injection film I am not getting excessive richness or fuel or flames and the engine is lacking severe power, but it does run, it does get up to 60 mph, just takes about 4 miles to do it :P
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