nobbyv
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I don't drive the thing much, but the last few months every few times I went to start it, it would crank but not start. I'd let it sit for a few hours, and it would then start. Finally, last week it won't start at all. I'm sure I have fuel. Pulled a plug on the driver's side (dual spark), and had no spark. I did NOT check the passenger side (foolishly). I figured after 170k, both coils were likely dead. A new coil was only $40, so I swapped it with the BACK coil (which feeds the passenger side), as a bolt on the front coil (feeds the driver's side) stripped while I was trying to remove it.
Still won't start, no spark on passenger side. I read that the dual-spark setups on earlier cars would only fire one coil while starting, but I'm not sure if that applies to my '97. Can anyone confirm if only one coil will fire while starting, and if so, which one (front/back)? All the posts I saw made reference to intake or exhaust side, but my two coils sit right next to each other on the passenger side of the engine.
DUH: when the comments I read said "exhaust side coil", they meant the coil that feeds the plugs on the exhaust side, NOT the physical location of the coil itself.
Still won't start, no spark on passenger side. I read that the dual-spark setups on earlier cars would only fire one coil while starting, but I'm not sure if that applies to my '97. Can anyone confirm if only one coil will fire while starting, and if so, which one (front/back)? All the posts I saw made reference to intake or exhaust side, but my two coils sit right next to each other on the passenger side of the engine.
DUH: when the comments I read said "exhaust side coil", they meant the coil that feeds the plugs on the exhaust side, NOT the physical location of the coil itself.
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