Why am i not recieving sparks from the coilpack?

A failed crank sensor can prevent your car from getting a spark.
When cranking the car's computer looks for a signal from the crankshaft indicating the crankshaft is turning to enable spark and fuel. A timing belt that has broken in some cars can cause no fuel and no spark since the crankshaft position sensor gets no signal that the overhead camshaft is turning.

Replace the condenser and reset points. You will also do yourself a favor by changing the HT leads and Distributor cap

Attached is a diagram of where the plugs and coilpacks are located, you need to remove the air intake resonator box to access this area. Plugs should be changed around 100K miles. Use only AC Delco 41-103 Iridium plugs. #1 is the coilpack and #5 is the spark plug

Check the coil pack. they are common to fail and the engine will usually misfire for a while and then not start when it gets cold out. you can do a quick check by removing one plug wire at a time and having someone crank the engine. the spark should jump right down the tower the wire goes onto to the base of the coilpack. if this does not happen then you need to replace the coilpack first. take the 6 tork head screws out and remove the wiring under it that goes to the module. carefull not to mix up the wires under the coilpack or to the spark plugs. reinstall the coilpack and reinstall the plug wires and try to start the engine. i will look for a response incase you need more help. good luck.

make sure you are getting spark through the sparkplug wires. a sparkplug tester is the easiest way, or take a wire off one of the plugs try starting it and have another person watch the wire to see if a spark is coming off the wire to the sparkplugNOTE set the wire close to the sparkplug but leave a small gap between plug and wire so you can see the sparks. if not getting spark check all fuses first, otherwise the coil could be bad. or it could have coilpacks and one could be badNOTE every coilpack has two studs for wire, sometimes only one side of coilpack works if so it is bad both sides haft to work.

coilpack or spark plug required. More likely coilpack, they are known to fail early.

they are under the coilpack/ignition module..disconnect the wiring plug on the right side and remove the 4 10mm bolt thats hold the coilpack to valve cover and pull up fairly hard on it as the boots get stuck in the head and then the spark plugs are under there,,,they are 100k spark plugs like $14 a piece and do yourself a favor do not put in bosch platinum plgs they give these saturns tons of problems

no it is not a common problem just make sure you have the correct plugs for that car

Before you go checking parts that aren't there, unplug each coilpack connector one at a time with the engine running. After unplugging a coilpack you should hear the idle drop. If you unplug a connector and there is no change in idle, that is your problem cylinder. You can then check to see if there is spark by removing the coilpack and touching it to a ground on the engine, you'll hear it click. If you have spark, check the spark plug, if the spark plug is good, it's most likely a bad fuel injector. You can verify a bad injector by doing a resistance test after removing the connector. Injector replacement is a nightmare on these cars, but it can be done without pulling the plenum if you're mechanically inclined. Visit www.zcar.com for more help.

that is a number 7 misfire. try replacing the plug and coilpack. you can also swap coilpacks with another and see if the code changes. I am assuming its a 4.6 or 5.4 engine. you can get away with just the coilpack and dont forget the boot also. get only oem ford parts. probably cost about 120-150 dollars. did water get in it? can you erase the code or is it a hard fault? I try with info I have,sorry