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Old 27-03-2007, 06:39 PM
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car will not start but the coil is sparking with the ignition on without cranking it over any ideas
Old 27-03-2007, 06:43 PM
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DODGY igintion amp ?
Just a thought, not heard of this before.
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Old 28-03-2007, 05:46 PM
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anyone else ?
Old 28-03-2007, 06:54 PM
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Telling us what car might help us
Old 28-03-2007, 07:12 PM
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Old 28-03-2007, 08:58 PM
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Bit out of my league there

Odd if its sparking though it would need signals to do that, must be an ECU/ignition amp fault as suggested
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Default coil trouble

Hi mate
Just wondered how you were getting on with the problem. Ive got the same thing on my saph cos but dont know why??
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