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Myron Monsrud Posted on Feb 01, 2009
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94 toyota tercel with no spark

The car just died. I found #4 spark plug wire off and grounding on the exhaust manifold. I put it back on and there is no spark at any of the plugs. I have power in and out of the coil and I replaced the igniter. What should I try next?

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  • Myron Monsrud Feb 01, 2009

    I have already replaced the ignition control module also called igniter and it did not fix the problem. Is there a way of checking the ECU?

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Does it got a distribiter or does is it have a coil pack.I'm thinking an distribiter with 4 spark plug tirminals,I would look into the Ignition Control Module if it has one.I looked at a parts listing for the car and it shows it has one but looked at a Typical Ignition System Schematic and it doesn't show the igniton control module in there.But i would think it is needed to control the spark.I would look into it and see if there is one,if there is i would test it that would be my guess of what's causing no spark.I got a pic of the ignition control module and theTypical Ignition System Schematic for you.

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