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Title: coil
Post by: cruisers4wdtoy on March 22, 2004, 09:54:34 PM

How do i test the coil if it working.1.6 It was running then the idle cut down then it wouldnt start sat a few days and started right up now it dont start any ideas

Title: Re: coil
Post by: ebewley on March 23, 2004, 12:44:59 AM

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How do i test the coil if it working.1.6 It was running then the idle cut down then it wouldnt start sat a few days and started right up now it dont start any ideas

Check for spark. One easy way to check this is to pull one of the spark plugs, rehook it to the wire and rest it (ground it) against the engine. Turn engine over and see if there is spark.

Good Luck, Eric

Title: Re: coil
Post by: Bobzooki on March 23, 2004, 12:54:49 AM

By The Way, if it's there, then it's gone, then it's there, then it's gone, my first suspicion would be that you have dirty ground connections, or some other problem than the coil.

Title: Re: coil
Post by: cruisers4wdtoy on March 23, 2004, 03:12:37 AM

I have spark at the plug. I checked the PCM with a nod light and i get a pulse. what else could it be

Title: Re: coil
Post by: Zukipilot on March 23, 2004, 03:16:16 AM

Maybe a fuel supply problem :-/ Or a bad plug/plug wire :-/ My X-90 went from running perfect one second to missing like crazy and barely running the next, low idle/ missing/ and would not start after I turned it off. Next day it started but barely made it to the shop to get the codes pulled. It ended up being a bad plug wire.
Zig

Title: Re: coil
Post by: cruisers4wdtoy on March 23, 2004, 03:59:31 AM

The wires are new. could it be the cap or rotor? What i dont under stand is it ran fine then the idle started to drop then it died and wont start

Title: Re: coil
Post by: Zukipilot on March 23, 2004, 04:20:00 AM

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it ran fine then the idle started to drop then it died and wont start

That sounds like running out of gas/ fuel delivery problem. I know nothing about fixing fuel problems on Kicks, besides the basic replace the fuel filter, check the fuel pump etc... mine has never encountered that. Hopefully someone else will have some ideas.

Title: Re: coil
Post by: Cowtracker on March 23, 2004, 04:41:58 AM

check the fuel pressure  it should be about 40 psi.
don't deadhead the line.  
tap into  the supply line so you have good reading and the pressure regulater is in the picture.

Title: Re: coil
Post by: cruisers4wdtoy on March 23, 2004, 08:20:03 AM

Came home from work and it started right up, turned it off and it started again, went to town went to start it and now it wont start, sure glad i didnt take it to town will check the fuel presser later on tonight