imadoofus
Renault 5 Driver
Joined: 03 May 2005
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 Posted: 04:15 - 07 Jun 2005  Post subject: Ignition coils for 1&4 and 2&3 interchangeable? |
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Hey all,
Am back after a break with more questions.
Heres the issue.
My 1&4 doesnt fire. Theres a weak spark. It was working fine till one day it was sitting in the rain.
I looseened conenctions to the starter coil for 1&4, reconnected, sprayed WD40 etc. Still no luck.
What other components are there other than the ignition coils and the igniter unit associated with the system?
Also are the 1&4 coils identical electrical to the 2&3? so can i just swap the coils and connect 2&3 instead of 1&4 to see if it is the coil?
It still starts and runs on two cylinders like a bullock cart 
Any other tips/suggestions on things i can look at before i get bugged and go spend more $ ? 
PS Stinky,you had told me earlier that i could.. But i think i saw some listing in ebay for igniters for 1&4 mentioned specifically. SO wanted to confirm before i went and blew something up |
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Kickstart
The Oracle
Joined: 04 Feb 2002
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stinkwheel
Bovine Proctologist
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
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| Posted: 18:27 - 07 Jun 2005 Post subject: Re: Ignition coils for 1&4 and 2&3 interchangeable? |
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| imadoofus wrote: |
What other components are there other than the ignition coils and the igniter unit associated with the system? |
Timing pickup coils (as mentioned by kickstart), plug leads, plug caps, sparkplugs, all the wiring inbetween them.
| Quote: | Also are the 1&4 coils identical electrical to the 2&3? so can i just swap the coils and connect 2&3 instead of 1&4 to see if it is the coil? |
The only possible difference I could think of would be in the physical shape of the coils for how they attach to the frame. Electrically, they will be identical.
| Quote: | PS Stinky,you had told me earlier that i could.. But i think i saw some listing in ebay for igniters for 1&4 mentioned specifically. SO wanted to confirm before i went and blew something up |
The wires could well be a different colour or they could have numbers stamped on them but the internals should be exactly the same. All the igniter does is produce a spark when it gets a signal from the pulse coil, if you connect it to the other pulse coil, it will do the same thing, just at a different time. (this is an oversimplification for sake of clarity).
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