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Old 17 December 2009 | 01:37 PM
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right... car isn't running, plug's wet when removed but when the plug is put to the block while cranking there's a poor yellow spark, should it not be bright white? engine earth to negative batt terminal reads .3 ohms so thats good

what are the possible causes of this? i can only think of a knackard coil pack, ive tried a different plug but still same.

ive tried a spare ignitor i have but no diferent, any 1 got any ideas on this?

its a V2 1995 WRX wagon by the way
Old 17 December 2009 | 02:21 PM
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95MY cars are coil on plug. Are all four of them like this or have you only tried one so far?

Are you absolutely 100% sure the spare igniter is good btw?
Old 17 December 2009 | 04:12 PM
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i have tried 3 of the coils, and 1 spare i had lying around.
no the igniter is a second hand joby from ebay, checked the earth on that tho, that's fine. had a test light on the 4 fireing lines from igniter to coils and they're all going to ground (in sequence) when cranked.

do you think the igniters may be breaking down under load and not earthing the coil corectly?
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