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So you tested the spark at the plug yeah and no spark, was that with a new plug or the plug out of the cylinder covered in fuel

If an injector is locked open it will give similar results and foul the plug, if there is no spark with a new or known working plug then it's electrical, so if you have changed plugs - coils - loom - ECU, then what's left, would have to CAS

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Ok thanks, I did a compression test awhile ago and numbers were good, but noticed the previous owner over filled the motor with oil and I drained some of it out and did a test again today and numbers did not look too good, I called it a day and I'm going to do another test tomorrow and see what that shows, I will do a compression test before and after I drop a cap of oil in the cylinder.

Get a LED test light and test what signals you have at the plug on the coil. You should have an ignition positive a ground and a pulse that is also ground on the externally igniter coils. Smart coils will have a positive pulse. Hope that is some help it's a very cheep and handy tool to have

Xklaba, the last compression test had shown that there was 135-140psi between all cylinders, but when I did that compression test it was really cold still I'm not sure if the cold would have effected the results by thickening the oil, bick033 I got a regular test light would that be fine? An oscilloscope is that just another word for timing light?

So I did a compression test and I got values starting from the firewall back, 105/140 after a cap of oil, 130, 150, 150, 145, 140. I didn't waste time putting a cap of oil in the cylinder that's at 130, or the rest of them

An oscilloscope reads the voltage signal wave and displays it on a sceen so you can see it to see what is getting sent to the ECU, completely different to a timing light

130 is low but not enough to kill the cylinder altogether, 140 is on its way to be low, 145 is exceptable, 150 is your norm with the tester your using, so you didn't put oil in any of the cylinders yeah ? What did you mean by 105/140 ?

With a normal test light it is hard to see a pulse because the filament takes time to fully go out so it will just look like it's on all the time it will be fine to use it will just look like a ground all the time when running.

Bick033 ok I'm going into town tomorrow and I will get one, I couldn't really put much time into the car today as that's all I've been working on all week, and this is my last few days off work and I will be gone away for awhile so I had to do some work around the acreage. I put the plug up agains the breather and couldn't see a spark, but I will go buy the oscilloscope tomorrow and try it

Bick033 ok I'm going into town tomorrow and I will get one, I couldn't really put much time into the car today as that's all I've been working on all week, and this is my last few days off work and I will be gone away for awhile so I had to do some work around the acreage. I put the plug up agains the breather and couldn't see a spark, but I will go buy the oscilloscope tomorrow and try it

Be aware that we're talking about a couple hundred $$ worth of oscilloscope here. And a reasonable amount of assumed knowledge to be able to use it. They're not going to help the uninformed/inexperienced. Definitely a techie's toy.

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