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Old 04-26-2009, 08:10 PM   #1
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car trouble any ideas would help

my wife's car (93 Nissan Altima) sometimes dose not get spark from coil other times it runs fine

have tried swapping out coils ( same thing happens) also tried swapping out the ignition control module

it seems to do it after the car runs for a while it has died a few times then not stard back for a while

any ideas could help

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Old 04-26-2009, 08:27 PM   #2
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is there any oil inside the distributor,under cap. i've seen oil leak thru the shaft seal and get onto the pick-up and cause similar problems.
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Old 04-26-2009, 08:37 PM   #3
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the coil is not fireing so it's before the distibutor
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Old 04-26-2009, 11:07 PM   #4
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the pick-up inside the dist tells the coil when to fire
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Old 04-27-2009, 08:34 AM   #5
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ok thanks will try that
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:09 PM   #6
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