[V8] V8 not starting but has spark any ideas

Coleman, David David.Coleman at blackrock.com
Thu Sep 1 11:00:30 EDT 2005


What do you mean by the "ignition" you replaced?  I assume it was the
R/S Coil?  Or was it the distributor?  Did the car run at all before the
repair?

You could be looking at a weak battery, for "starters".


-- Dave "overuser of quotation marks" Coleman --



> I also had to replace the right ignition because Hall Effect was not
> 
>     Working, Now for some odd reason the car gets spark from 
> number 1 spark
> 
>     Plug but will not fire enough to turn over in run. I have 
> looked at
> 
>     Everything from the coil to the spark plugs and am out of 
> ideas, if anyone
> 
>     Can give me a suggestion as to what I might have missed 
> please help.
> 
>     Brian O'Neil
> 
>     90V8 Florida
> 
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