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Old 28 July 2003, 08:06 PM
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had another go at my car tonight and traced a fault back to the ECU. basically i still had no spark on topacks. i checked the ignitor and didnt have a signal on two wires. i did a contunity test on the wires between the ECU and the ignitor and there all fine, so...

Is my ECU playing up??

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Could there be a sensor that is failing to triger two of the four ignitor inputs??

its weird that two work and two dont. Has anyone else had this problem??
Old 29 July 2003, 08:15 AM
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ANYONE??

could it be a crank sensor or would that cause all four to fail??
Old 29 July 2003, 08:45 AM
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Crank Position and Cam position sensor need checking first.
Old 29 July 2003, 10:43 AM
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How do i check them? i done the resistence check as per the manual and they showed up fine...
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Do you have access to an oscilloscope to look at the crank/cam sensor waveforms? A multimeter that can measure frequency and RMS voltage would do at a push...

Do you have a spare ECU you can borrow? It would help eliminate this as a cause of the problem.
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