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Gorgeous
04-05-11, 08:26 PM
help! Was driving around normally and the car started to slow down and then stop just as is dose after running out of fuel. came to start it up and it wont. :cry: it turns over great it has fuel getting to the plugs and there is a spark? what else can go wrong?

1.2spi k reg

Any help would be verry handy. thanks
Southie
04-05-11, 08:32 PM
Crank sensor I'd of said.

What colour are you plugs, probably black with over fueling?

Edit: do the 1.2i's have a management light??
Gorgeous
04-05-11, 08:36 PM
dont think the 1.2 has crank sensor as its spi not mpi. however i shall check. plugs are fresh in four days ago before it crashed*. =( *broke
windfreek
04-05-11, 08:41 PM
where abouts have you checked you have for a spark?

A faulty HT coil can cause similar probs in my own past experience were it seems to be sparking but not enough to cross the spark gap on the plugs and that was as a result of putting quad tipped plugs in about a week before and still think it was them that killed off the pack
Gorgeous
04-05-11, 08:48 PM
spark tested by removing and earthing it agains something eg block and i work at a motor parts store so i "borrowed and ignition modual and coil for an hour to see if it made any difference. just to rule out the possibility as it were. spark still good tho as it was before i put them on... mega confused
Southie
04-05-11, 08:51 PM
Have you checked your timing then? Double check your cam belt ain't jumped a tooth.

I was sure the 1.2i had a crank sensor, aint they the same as a Corsa 8v spi?
windfreek
04-05-11, 08:54 PM
Have you checked your timing then? Double check your cam belt ain't jumped a tooth.

I was sure the 1.2i had a crank sensor, aint they the same as a Corsa 8v spi?

yeah id agree now then that the belt may have jumped, il have to dig out the haynes and check the schematics tho just to be sure
Gorgeous
04-05-11, 08:57 PM
im starting to think it might have jumped a tooth or mabe a few. the engine isnt exactly the same as the corsa b one i am to belive. c12nz they are both called but i thing there are differences with what electricals are in place. =(
jumping in the belt would explain everything though.