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John Aurand Posted on Mar 22, 2014

No spark Was just on one cylinder now both

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Its a matter of elimination: check your spark plug/ignition coil wires for any fraying or shorting out and continuity on all of the wires. I'm assuming the spark plugs were replaced

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