190e non starter need help

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mofo

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well it's me agian having sorted various problems with my 190e 1.8 ranging to not having any heat to not running for more than 4 seconds after gettig started, i again need some help

the problem i now have is my car wont start at all.

got the the damn thing to starts after a jump drove around for a bit to charge the battery then it decide to cut out on me in the middle lane of the M6. it just died i.e foot to the floor and nothing. pulled over ant the car wouldn't fire up again

called the AA who sent someone and they too couldn't start it.

we have establihed that

a) we have a strong enough spark at each of the plugs
b) we have fuel (pertol light just come on, was 1 mile away from service station)
c) i need a new coil cause mines knackered and arcing a spark
d) it wouldn't even light stuff the AA man sprayed into the injector thing

we have fuel we have spark but it will not fire AA man was completely stumped can anyone here shed some light please

ignition control????
 

kiwi_bloke

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dont be fooled

I had a simular problem although it was with a 2.3. It had spark at each plug. But replacing all the plugs solved the problems. It turned out the sparks werent strong enough....
 
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