VR broke down and then would not restart, now fixed

[Andy Brookes 0]

The VR broke down on the way home tonight. Lost all power and came to a halt. Will not restart. RAC man to the rescue!!! Very good RAC man in fact, seems to think it is the Coil/Ignition module that is mounted on the firewall on the early VR with dizzy. Would anyone local to me be willing to lend me theirs for a few mins to see if he is correct?

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

I assume you have no spark? Try to start from scratch.

[Andy Brookes 0]

Yep no spark, but 12V to module and a 1.4ishV switching voltage to another of the pin. RAC man seemed to know his stuff!

[Andy Brookes 0]

Now fixed, it was the ignition module, now a few quid lighter in my wallet but VR now running. If anyone has the same symtoms here's what I found. I disconnected the 3 pin plug to the ignition module, brown pin is an earth, black pin is 12V feed when the ignition is on, red and black pin is a control voltage from the ecu, this showed 1.4ish V when the engine was cranked over. So all of that was good, but I wasnt getting a spark. New ignition module fixed it. I havent heard of one going before.

 

Also of note is that the engine had been taking a while to start for a good year or so, with the new ignition module it start immediatly.

[GIXXERUK 0]

good post mate, its nice to get some feedback on a problem, you all too often see post about problems that never conclude :salute: