RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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As title; engine is turning over so Starter motor and battery are fine; but theres no spark.
I have plenty of fuel and its coming through, but have just checked the plugs and they're not sparking!
I've doused everything in WD-40 but still not had any luck - does anyone have any ideas? 
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joey736
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Registered: 11th Mar 07
Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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what engine?
my 1.2 8v is doing exactly the same and its pissing me off now
try a paperclip test.
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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1.2 8V
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Leads or dizzy cap (if it has one :boggle ?
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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I've hadd the DIzzy cap off and the rotor arm etc look fine,
HT Leads don't seem to have a problem either but how would I check them?
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joey736
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Registered: 11th Mar 07
Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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fit new ones, its the only way. alternatively borrow sum1 elses
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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turned out to be the conenctor block which connects into the bottom of the distributor cap. AA came out and he traced eveything back along the electrical components until the signal came strong; basically he said it was "dry" and took it off a few times to clean up the connections; sprayed it with a cleaning spray to help get a connection started and the car ran fine.
Putting this up as I know a few people have had a similar issue and tbh I was one step off ordering new HT Leads etc; which would have been wasted cash!
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Its 9 times out of 10 the hall sensor playing up on dizzy spi's(its the ecu's only way of seeing engine rotation, so if it plays up you get no spark etc)
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