Technical help Q & A Got A technical problem with you car? Keep it in here where the techies hang out and we will try to solve it for you!!

cossie not sparking

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 27-06-2009, 06:12 PM
  #1  
Toe Knee
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
 
Toe Knee's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sussex
Posts: 5,438
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default cossie not sparking

Posting on behalf of someone else, basically for some reason when they turn the ignition on the car gives 1 spark?! then when u crank it you get no spark what so ever. It was running fine till the middle of the week. Its had all new sensors bar the crank sensor, tried a different loom in it but still no joy. He did try a 3door ecu but didnt realise they were different to sapphire ones so obviously that didnt work, althou should an L1 ecu still work in a saph if it had the L1 chip in it still?! I know he tried the L1 chip in te L6 ecu which obviusly wouldnt work but he didnt know that at the time. ignition module is fine btw too.

He's gona try another crank sensor and see what happens but failing that any other ideas?!
Old 28-06-2009, 01:18 AM
  #2  
jon@work
Advanced PassionFord User
iTrader: (5)
 
jon@work's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 2,400
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 7 Posts
Default

check that the phase sensor has been connected as shown below :

Old 28-06-2009, 01:33 AM
  #3  
BigErn
PassionFord Post Whore!!
 
BigErn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 7,445
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

has he put a map sensor on it too?
Old 28-06-2009, 08:03 AM
  #4  
Toe Knee
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
 
Toe Knee's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sussex
Posts: 5,438
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

Sorry forgot to say the car was running fine other than choaking up and taking a while to start then he adjusted the fuel pressure a bit and it started fine after that then just started doing the above from about wednesday and hasnt worked since!!

Phase sensor is fine, map sensor is on and obviously did work for it to run, if its fucked would it cause it to do whats happening?!
Old 28-06-2009, 10:40 AM
  #5  
BigErn
PassionFord Post Whore!!
 
BigErn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 7,445
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

We had all sorts of issues with Petes car not starting not long back and a couple of times it would only spark once then not at all then once again. We tried all sorts then put my spare map sensor on it and it fired up. If you can try a known working on one mate it could be worth a bash for the 5 minutes it takes.
Old 28-06-2009, 12:32 PM
  #6  
Toe Knee
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
 
Toe Knee's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sussex
Posts: 5,438
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

cool told him to give it a go worth a try, the saph ecu worked in the 3door so its deff not the ecu, so he's gonna try another map sensor and a new crank sensor and give that a go
Old 28-06-2009, 12:40 PM
  #7  
BigErn
PassionFord Post Whore!!
 
BigErn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 7,445
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

Cool, keep us posted
Old 28-06-2009, 10:23 PM
  #8  
boost mad
PassionFord Post Whore!!
iTrader: (8)
 
boost mad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: sussex
Posts: 6,289
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

ive got a map sensor he can try if you need one Tony
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
gcfcos
General Car Related Discussion.
59
06-10-2015 05:04 PM
XR4
Ford XR Range
0
01-10-2015 12:46 PM
deathrider666
Technical help Q & A
3
28-09-2015 06:12 PM
cossie330
Cars & Parts Wanted.
0
27-09-2015 04:13 PM
Russ Payne
Ford Sierra/Sapphire/RS500 Cosworth
1
25-09-2015 08:29 PM



Quick Reply: cossie not sparking



All times are GMT. The time now is 04:05 PM.