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1995 Mitsubishi Eterna Repair Question


Topics covered: Spark, Distributor, Ignition coil.
Mileage: 337,249 miles.

Asked on August 10, 2011

Still wont start

I am getting low voltage on the plugs have changed the coil but problem is the same sholud i change the distributor
Avatar Asked by matthewpaul

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Replied on August 10, 2011

What do you mean by low voltage?

Usually weak sparks are due to ignition coil fault and if it has been replaced, it should solve the problem.

A distributor fault would not provide any sparks at all.

Tiny Answered by KHLow2008 (expert)
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Replied on August 12, 2011

i took the car to a electrician an he is saying he is geting low voltage on the plugs maybe he means low spark he wants me to cange the whole dstributor but i think im being taken for a ride, could it be the igniter needs to be changed also ?

Tiny Response from matthewpaul
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