Bad coil...... I've seen this a dozen times....even after seeing spark.
                                           ERic

frank wrote:

>I've got a no start problem, but with good fuel pressure and my fuel
>injectors are working.  I even had the injectors professionally cleaned
>and flow tested last week.
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>Greg Potts posted "The injectors are triggered by the pulse in voltage
>at the coil caused when the spark plugs are fired."  So, as long as my
>fuel injectors are working, I assume that my distributor is working ok,
>right?  When I pull a plug, I get a spark about every other time the
>ignition is turned over.  It looks pretty weak, but I do get a spark.
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>Regarding this no-start problem, so far I've replaced (or part was
>recently replaced):
>Distributor
>Cap & Rotor
>Plug Wires
>Air Flow Meter
>ECU
>Battery (Just replaced this week, so it's fully charged)
>Fuel Pump
>Coil
>Coolant Temp Sensor
>X-Relay
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>The engine is turning over fine, but does not fire at all.  This problem
>began with hard starting, but the van would run fine once
>started......that is until it would randomly just die on the highway.
>Then the hard starting would continue for 5 - 15 minutes and it would
>fire up and go again.
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>Then one day, the van ran really poorly, bucking and sputtering all the
>way home, while cutting out a few times.  Once home, it has never
>started again, for about three months now, while I've taken the
>painfully expensive route of replacing likely culprits.  It almost seems
>like a timing issue.  Can the timing belt/chain go out gradually?  I
>always thought they just snapped.  Is there any way to test timing on an
>engine that won't start?
>
>Any other ideas?  I'm stuck.
>
>Frank
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