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- 1989 Ford Aerostar 3.0L
1989 Ford Aerostar, 3.0L, V6, EFI, has a distributor and one coil. Started just fine. Was backing out of my space, went 15 ft roughly, slowed down, preparing to shift into drive, engine died. Will crank, fuel pump working. Starting fluid no help. Pulled random spark plug wire, used old plug against engine block, no spark. Replaced coil. Now proper voltage at key-on, continuity skips between gnd into coil and common ground on cranking. No secondary ignition out of dist. Pulled cap, inspected and cleaned pickups and rotor, normal wear present. Slight rust-colored discoloration near cyl6 pickup on inside only. Re-attached cap and wires. No change in situation. Grabbed hold of bare coil hi-tension outlet post and very weak kick...not the huge jolt I was expecting.
What could be causing this all of a sudden? I was thinking DCM, but would a bad distributor control module allow ANY juice at all to emerge from the coil? What is every single device in this car which can stop it from having a full-strength spark?
Any help greatly appreciated. This is my daily driver, so time is of the essence.
Also, does this model take an obd 1 or 2 reader?
What could be causing this all of a sudden? I was thinking DCM, but would a bad distributor control module allow ANY juice at all to emerge from the coil? What is every single device in this car which can stop it from having a full-strength spark?
Any help greatly appreciated. This is my daily driver, so time is of the essence.
Also, does this model take an obd 1 or 2 reader?