9 Aug
2006
9 Aug
'06
3:25 p.m.
If so, often
the same sensors (and control unit, at least in part) are used
to trigger both the injectors and the ignition coils (most modern engines
don't have an HT distributor, they either have a coil per spark plug, or a
coil for every pair of plugs with a wasted spark on a plug in a cylinder
that's at the top of the exhaust stroke, if you see what I mean).
That one has a distributor, and a coil, which was part of what I checked. Do you have
any docs at all? The workshop manual shold at least give
pinouts of the control modules, from which you can deduce the signals, etc.
I have a really awful Chilton's book for it which covers way too many years to
I have a van sitting out back which has a real problem
in that regard,
you put it in gear and nothing whatsoever happens as far as any motion is
concerned. And it's new enough to have one of those electronic
transmissions which I believe got seriously overheated at some point.
I'm sure that the fluid that I checked is not supposed to be as black as
motor oil turns out to be at times. And either getting that one fixed or
even getting one from a
Ouch!. My guess is that you have a major mechancial problem with the
transmission (burnt clutch plates?), and that the electronics might well
be fine. At least the manual for our car does document
taking the mechancial side
of the transmission apart, right down to clutch plates and thrust
washers, etc. I don't fancy doing it, but I would if necessary.
I've changed one out so far, in a car that I had, and swore at that point