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Sumthings broken

Postby Fuzzlet » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:28 pm

Well my day was going well, until I woke up lol. Slept in past alarm, almost burnt myself in the shower, got to mania to drop off car and waited 20mins for someone to turn up (but that wasnt too much of a problem), couldnt drop the car off, as they were double booked. Got home, went to drive car later in evening and something has broken...it has no spark...what so ever. It cranks over, but won't start up..I dunno whats flocked up. This makes it a bitch, as its stuck in my carport, meant to be at mania tomorrow to begin turbo fitting.....lifes a bitch hey
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Postby JBT » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:12 pm

CAS plug?
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Postby bigdog » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:35 pm

On the NBs the main ignition relay is often the culprit in these circumstances, but I don't know if the NA shares the same circuitry. I carry a spare now thanks to Dave who has had his fail twice now. They are available from your dealer for around $35.
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Postby Garry » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:50 am

Broken timing belt?
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Postby sabretooth » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:30 am

Double booked? Ouch.

Does the engine sound any different when cranking? Are the spark plugs wet with fuel? Are all plugs happily sitting in place?

Can you do a spark test?

I've had the main relay die on my car - a wire shorted to ground and popped it. $11 later and I had a replacement.

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Postby Fuzzlet » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:50 pm

Car got dropped off at mania today to begin turbo fitting...they suspect it is the fuel pump...we shall see....
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Re: Sumthings broken

Postby JBT » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:27 pm

Fuel pump eh? And here we were thinking about ignition problems :?

Fuzzlet wrote:Got home, went to drive car later in evening and something has broken...it has no spark...what so ever. It cranks over, but won't start up..
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Re: Sumthings broken

Postby Fuzzlet » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:12 pm

JBT wrote:Fuel pump eh? And here we were thinking about ignition problems

Thats what I thought it might of been, because the immobiliser is *supposed* to be cut power to starter motor and coil packs...
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Postby sabretooth » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:25 pm

Hence my checks for fuel and spark. While typically it's spark that's missing, there's always a chance it's not. But, Mania will sort it out for you, anyway.


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