Ignitor Fried?

[zertek]

hey guys,

my car wont start (RB25det S1). Cranks, but doesnt fire up. Pulled out the spark plugs and they were all wet. Im getting no spark and i found that coil number 6 (closest to firewall) has slightly warped a bit from getting really hot. There is also charcoal around the spark plug and a bit in the valley cover (all at cylinder 6).

NOW. My understanding is that if 1 coil pack dies, the car should still light on 5 cylinders? Or because of the wiring, does it mean if the first one dies, the rest also fail?

My thoughts at the moment are that the ignitor has malfunctioned and over volted my coils? And im assuming in doing that its taken its own life at the same time.

thoughts please

cheers,

mike

[gts25t4door]

I have had 1 coil pack fail, It ran rough but it still ran. I would check all the wiring to the ignitor and all the fuses. Next chech if it has spark at all, pull the spark plug out of cyl 1 and crank the engine over while earthing the tip of the plug onto the engine, check if there is spark. If there is then check fuel, if not then check more wires, maybe check the plug on the ECU is in properly. Appart from that some others on here might have an Idea.

Good luck.

Chris

[zertek]

mmm, yea ive checked all the fuses. I would hate to leave the ignitor, install new coil packs and have them fried also. I guess at this point its safer to just replace both.