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Escort RS Turbo coil test help! no spark!

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Old 24-03-2012, 10:47 PM
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Default Escort RS Turbo coil test help! no spark!

My Escort RS wont start for love nor money!
i got no spark past the coil check everything i can think of
when i carry out the test lamp test on the coil it doesnt do the flashing/pulsing it just stays on, what does this mean is at fault?
Old 25-03-2012, 12:51 PM
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That the coil is not getting switched, check the green wire this most likely has broken, that or the "module" has gone that sits on the dizzy.

That is I am assumeing you are connecting the light to the ground (Green wire)
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I answered your other thread - https://passionford.com/forum/techni...-question.html

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