Broke down... no spark?

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Mon May 27, 2013 8:17 am

So I was out on a Sunday arvo drive. Stopped the car for no more than a minute. Then dead. Lots of cranking power but no spark.

Anyone have any ideas where to start? I've checked connections and fuses all seem fine...
It's an nb8b

Cheers

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Mon May 27, 2013 10:26 am

Might be the CPS:
search.php?keywords=nb8b+sensor&terms=all&author=*bounce&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

If not, may be EGI:
search.php?keywords=egi&terms=all&author=caff*&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Mon May 27, 2013 10:38 am

Thanks for the tip.
I'll check over these this afternoon.
I'm thinking maybe the egi because once the engine was cold I still had no spark.

Cheers

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Mon May 27, 2013 11:04 pm

Not NB, but my NA had a similar issue on way back from a holiday a few months ago. Always starts extremely easily, but this time just cranked, no spark. Had it taken home on back of a truck. Long story short, was a very slight loose connection on the plug in the ignition loom under the steering column ...

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:51 pm

Yeah, the NA6 does seem to suffer from those sorts of issues, probably due to age & higher kms wearing & loosening things.

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Tue May 28, 2013 7:08 pm

You were on the money clubman.

I made up a bridge this arvo for the egi and it is working now. I tested the current and its drawing 15a. The relay is rated to 20a.

I'll buy a spare this time me thinks :shock:

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed May 29, 2013 11:39 am

Good to hear you identified a problem. Yeah, a spare one of these is useful - expensive new, but recyclers or ebay have them as that type were used on some other vehicles. If you haven't already, just search on the four alpha-numeric code on the relay.