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hi there

i've had an issue recently with misfiring.

seems that once the car gets some heat in #2 doesnt want to spark.

Its a RB24 / hks 2530 / pfc / gtr inj etc...

I just tried replacing that one coilpack with about 4 others i had laying around, but no luck. I taped around the bottom of the original one incase there was a hairline crack or something and spark was getting out.

still nothing.

I then took the coilpack out and checked for spark with the base near my intercooler piping. And nothing again...

does this mean that:

- the coilpack is dead

- or possibly that i have an electrical problem and the coilpack isnt getting, power or earth (how would i go about checking this)

Big thanks, need to sort this out asap all help is appreciated

BTW - i have checked the gaps on the plugs all 0.7 and plugs seem to be in good condition

thanks

-Matt

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Series 1 or 2? Series 1 has the ignitor module mounted on top of the coil cover series 2 has ignitor built into the plug. Try putting the other coil packs on #2 cylinder output. If they then work it's not your coils.

Pretty unusual to have 5 coils fail.

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Series 1 or 2? Series 1 has the ignitor module mounted on top of the coil cover series 2 has ignitor built into the plug. Try putting the other coil packs on #2 cylinder output. If they then work it's not your coils.

Pretty unusual to have 5 coils fail.

Best way to check this is Get a timing light and get a Nissan Electrical Manual.Find which wire is which before and after the Ignitor. and check from there,You find that if its not firing on the light before the ignitor you have a problem from the ecu to there.If it firing before the ignitor and not after its the problem.

if its got no Ignitor,You might find a wire is cut or broken and test the same way.If you cannot get a spark still,its the ECU

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i will try isolate the issue some more and then i will try to see if the coilpack which is not working - works on another cylinder. I will also try the igniter pack :ninja:

this is all on a Cefiro RB24 with power FC

thanks for the help - keep the info coming the more i can test the better!

thanks again

-Matt

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could be the wiring harness also.

and a very very slim possibility is that the ecu is dead. my mate had a problem where he could not get number 6 to spark. tried new coils, wiring harness, plugs, everything. it turned out his ecu had melted a hole in the chip when he'd tried wiring up some msd coils.

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well igniter pack made no difference, still the same

swapped plugs around, still the same

swapped coilpacks from 1-2 and 2-1, still the same (#2 being the problem)

earth is good (unless at the back of the plug for coilpack) the middle wire had power (tested with test light). And i wasnt sure what the other wire was for (power / earth etc). this was while the car was running.

pulled the loom for coilpacks out and stripped wiring to check for broken wires. couldnt see any so i just sanded the earth and re-fitted - started perfect and ran smooth.

.... few days later - took to the dyno today... and off the dyno and misfire again :S

any more ideas?

thanks

-Matt

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you don't have any of thet "special" green goo that seems to form in all the nissan connectors do you? Take off the ignighter plug and have a good look inside theplug. is the copper all green? If it is you can clean it with CRC and a toothbrush.

This goo is an excellent insulator and has given me greif on my AFM plug before took me about 2 hours to find why the car would randomly stall for no reason.

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ok CRC being?

it was also brought to my attention that it may have something to do with injector plug connections? and they suggested green shit on plugs... but then all i would think it is not pumping fuel in, but should still be sparking?

looks like loom out again completely - re-solder resistor pack to new location, clean all terminals as best possible and re-try...

ahhhhhh :S

oh and once fitted gizzmo ibc - car now runs way too lean so need re-tune again :S :laugh: fun day for me!

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