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davecarroll wrote:Update:

No spark confirmed - spark plugs (brand new) were black from over fueling, cleaned and dried and refit for a few seconds cranking and they were wet again with fuel - so fuel injection confirmed
Fuel Injection confirmed - OK as above

good spark plug checked for spark and nothing.

I believe it may be the igniter and will be trying one as a test.
If so, the plan is to convert the car to on coil igniter versions (perhaps Audi coils).

I have an understanding of how to do the conversion - until I read the Syvecs pinout manual.
My assumption was I could wire the feed to each coil to the individual ignition outputs on the Syvecs, but the manual states not to do this - would I need to wire something between to prevent damage to the ECU?

stevieturbo wrote:

davecarroll wrote:Update:

No spark confirmed - spark plugs (brand new) were black from over fueling, cleaned and dried and refit for a few seconds cranking and they were wet again with fuel - so fuel injection confirmed
Fuel Injection confirmed - OK as above

good spark plug checked for spark and nothing.

I believe it may be the igniter and will be trying one as a test.
If so, the plan is to convert the car to on coil igniter versions (perhaps Audi coils).

I have an understanding of how to do the conversion - until I read the Syvecs pinout manual.
My assumption was I could wire the feed to each coil to the individual ignition outputs on the Syvecs, but the manual states not to do this - would I need to wire something between to prevent damage to the ECU?

Unplug the coil or whatever it is you're using and get a test LED or digital multimeter and measure across the ecu coil triggers and ground. Hopefully you will see a voltage change 0-5v basically switching whilst cranking.
Just in case for some bizarre reason the coil outputs have been harmed.

But yes, fitting any modern pencil type coil ( or many other types ) is very easy and a common modification on a lot of engines. Most of these have built in ignitors generally easy to spot as most will have 4-5 pins. ( although that isnt a generic statement that all 4-5 pin coils are like that )

TimH wrote:I would use a multimeter and Output Testing - just set the base state for the ignition you're checking to be on, and make sure the meter shows 5V at the coilpack. No need to run the engine and all nice and easy and safe.