jamesy1990
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Registered: 15th Dec 08
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took the engine out my x16xe for a rebuild .. completed the rebuild and re-fitted engine .. its timed right its cranking fine its getting fuel ... but no spark , all my earth are conected eg.. 2 earths on lower inlet 2 earths on altenator and main earth from -tve to bulkhead and i have checked them all with the multi meter there is a complete circuit through all of them , i have also tried 2 diffrent coil packs and there is 12.4 volts going to the coil pack , and i have also fitted new plugs and leads but still no spark! any help will be aprreciated
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mike56gte
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did you get the crank sensor sorted out cause am sure that will stop it sparking?
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jamesy1990
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yeah crank sensor is sorted , but it was the old one off steves engine i fitted so unsure weather that is goosed or not , gona stick my old one on the now and see how i get on...... wana fire along help me out? could do with a extra set of hands to check for spark ect....
[Edited on 15-05-2010 by jamesy1990]
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Limecat
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When you say you are getting fuel, do you mean injectors are firing or you just have pressure at the rail?
Without a crank sensor signal you will get no spark and no injector pulse.
You can check for an injector pulse with an LED (note that they are 'handed' - they have +ive and -ive).
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jamesy1990
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i disconected the fuel line at the rail and in pumping through fine , i removed the spark plugs and the seem to be wet and they smell like petrol so im presuming fuel is getting into the cylinders , its just not catching a spark... tried 2 crank sensors 2 coil packs yet nothing
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--ToM--
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ecu
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jamesy1990
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ecu has always been in the back of my mind , but it fired fine when i removed the engine 2 weeks ago
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