Hi,
Hoping there's some ignition experts on here can help! For a little while now, my '89 930 has had intermittent starting issues. It either starts straight away, or will turn over without firing. Eventually got round to doing some investigation the other day and as I suspected there was no spark. Getting a smell of fuel from the exhausts when I'd been turning it over so I was pretty sure it wasn't fuel.
The CDI is making it's usual whining sound, but when I checked there was no voltage across the coil with the ignition on. When it does start, there still seems to be no voltage across the coil until I start turning it over, then it jumps to a massive 0.03V! Anyone any ideas what would cause this? And how is my car running with only 0.03V across the coil? Magic?!
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Stedders
Hoping there's some ignition experts on here can help! For a little while now, my '89 930 has had intermittent starting issues. It either starts straight away, or will turn over without firing. Eventually got round to doing some investigation the other day and as I suspected there was no spark. Getting a smell of fuel from the exhausts when I'd been turning it over so I was pretty sure it wasn't fuel.
The CDI is making it's usual whining sound, but when I checked there was no voltage across the coil with the ignition on. When it does start, there still seems to be no voltage across the coil until I start turning it over, then it jumps to a massive 0.03V! Anyone any ideas what would cause this? And how is my car running with only 0.03V across the coil? Magic?!
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Stedders