Car Wont Start

[Hill Billy]

My car (95 R33 GTS-t) started missing the other day. At all different engine speeds - from idle to redline. Sometimes you would put your foot down and have nothing for a few seconds, then suddenly it would kick in.

I thought it was the coils, so I taped them up. The car started ok, no missing. The next day, half an hour into the drive it happened again. Then it cut out completely and refused to start. It turns over, but doesnt fire.

Got it towed to the mechanic, but they cat seem to see where the problem is.

- Battery has been fully charged.

- sprayed a bit contact cleander on the AFM

- have tried swapping ECU, CAS, coils. Spark plugs are fine

- have checked all fuses, power supply

My mechanic says "basically there is no signal from the ECU to the coil"

It is not a fuel related problem - definitely ignition problem.

Its being booked in at an auto-elec tomorrow, but hopefully someone has had a similar problem before and knows what it is.

I cant do a diagnostic test cos I cant find the stupid grey plug behind my dash.

[cowie165]

So is that a stuffed ignitor? Isn't that the interface between the ECU and the coils?

[r33_racer]

that sounds about right.

[Godzilla32]

Was thinking the same

[cowie165]

So Hill Billy are you going to share what the problem was?

[OZ_Pomy]

had similar problem replaced the ignitor and it ran perfect until i fryed another ignitor which apparently isnt to comon. In the end turned out my coilpacks shat themselves and were frying the ignitor. Not sure how that worked i think it was sending voltage back to the ignitor and frying it. In the end got another ignitor replaced the coilpacks and the problem went away. good luck