help! ca18det weaksauce spark!!

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fitch9014
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Sup, so yeah, finally got a "good" ignitor , and still no start. checked for power on all the wiring and got positive contact. checked the ignitor going in (powered side?), positive contact. checked coil pack wires, good. pulled the plugs and aside from being a little fuel encrusted they were fine. cranked with plug out and grounded, weak sauce spark. cleaned and replaced them and still no start. they're gapped to 1.1mm, but they're dollar general bosch platinum ($1.50 a piece). Any suggestions, I figured I'd give it a shot before I spent $12.50 for the NGK junks to try that. Just out of curiosity, the ecu lights are solid green/red. Is this okay?And one more thing to append, I searched high and low for ca18det vaccum diagrams but to no avail. I think they're lost to the ages, but if anyone can help me out with an information on any of the aforementioned topics, it would as always be much appreciated. Thanks for looking. Laters.


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F3600
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did you check ecu for trouble code ?

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fitch9014
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i hate to ask, but how would i do that?

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teddy
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The simplest vaccum diagram I have found...and it's in the stickies. zerothread?id=114953Diagram is like 8 posts down or something.

Also, NGK's really arent that expensive. I picked up some standard coppers for like $1.20 a pop.

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F3600
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download a ca18det 240sx FSM on zilvia.net. There some post on nico with some links too. Everything you need to know for troubleshooting problem is in the fsm.

good luck


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fitch9014
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much appreciated!!

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Check the FAQ at the top of the forum. It's got a link for the FSM as well as the vaccum diagrams.


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