S1 RB25DET IN S14 WON'T START HOT & HAS NO SPARK

[S14Warr3n]

I HAVE A SERIES 1 RB25DET IN MY S14. I CAN START IT WHEN IT'S COLD & DRIVE IT BUT ONCE I TURN IT OFF & LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES IT WON'T START BACK UP UNTIL IT'S COOLED DOWN AFTER 30-45MINS. IT ALSO ISN'T GETTING ANY SPARK DURING THAT TIME.

[Darius]

Check your coil pack harness. Mine got hot and the tape adhesive melted and shorted everything to ground so no power to the coils. When I pulled the tape off and cleaned it up, the engine fired right up.

[S14Warr3n]

Were you able to drive tho? I can drive but today I got on it & mid throttle it jus died on me but still had electrical power. I'll check the harness tho.

[Darius]

I drove it to a car show with no problems, it sat in the sun with the hood open and it was hot enough to melt the tape and short the harness. I got stuck there for about 6 hours trying to sort it out because there was zero spark.

Also, if it is intermittant like that, it could be that you have a bad power (white) or ground (black) connection on that harness too. When it fails is when you want to have a multimeter handy to troublshoot the wiring.