No spark

Asked by Sebastianv19171679 Dec 29, 2016 at 03:33 PM about the 1987 Volkswagen Jetta

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Replaces coil on my 1987 vw Jetta but
don't got no spark at all, I got power and
ground going through but no spark, could
it be a bad ignition control module?

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lrodri911 answered 7 years ago

First, make sure the distributor is actually rotating, it could be stripped

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lrodri911 answered 7 years ago

Check spark at the Hall Effect sender. If you have voltage going to it and still no start, replace Hall Effect sender.

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