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Cleaned engine bay and now wont start

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Cleaned engine bay and now wont start

Post by Nev62 »

I cleaned the engine bay of the Raider on Thursday night (rego due) and have not been able to start the car since. I have dried everything with compressed air and cleaned connectors with aerostart so there should not be any residue. There is no spark getting to the plugs. There is 12.45v going to the coil pack with the ignition turned on, dropping to around 9.75v with the engine cranking. :?
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Post by evil_hitman »

check the connections on the battery and other areas. I find with mine, if i get water in the engine bay the battery connections get some mild corrosion which is enough to not let it start. The voltages sound about right. Have you checked inside the distrivutor (if it's not computer controlled)

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Post by Nev62 »

evil_hitman wrote:check the connections on the battery and other areas. I find with mine, if i get water in the engine bay the battery connections get some mild corrosion which is enough to not let it start. The voltages sound about right. Have you checked inside the distrivutor (if it's not computer controlled)

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Ok, found the problem. It was a dogey connection to the igniter module. This is about the third the size of a matchbox and controls when the coil fires. Although the connector was dried, it was not until I started moving it about before I got spark. Glad the module was fine as they cost something like $175 each :shock:
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