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Car Forum / Citroen Cars / October 2006

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ZX - No spark....

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johnh - 01 Oct 2006 21:58 GMT
My sister-in-laws Citroen ZX (H reg) won't start.

The fuel is getting through okay. Basically it has no spark, so won't start.
I've tested all the fuses, which are fine. The coil has 4 wires going to it,
they're from the distributor I think.

Can you give any indication of what the connections are?

Where can I find a wiring diagram for the ignition on the net. please?

BTW Its not a traditional coil with two terminals, but a square block with a
connector containing 4 contacts. If I knew what each contact was for I would
check it, hence asking for a wiring diagram.

What are the common failure points with this car/model to cause this
problem?

It was running okay one moment, then on the way to the mot station it
stopped, I thought it was lack of petrol, so put a couple of gallons in.
Ended up flattening the battery trying to start it, so towed it. It did fire
up for about 20 seconds, but by the time I got out of the car to remove the
tow rope it had stopped. Towed it for about 2 miles, but it never fired up
again.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for looking.
neil - 03 Oct 2006 18:07 GMT
Could be the electronic module, I assume there must be one in there
somewhere.

Neil
> My sister-in-laws Citroen ZX (H reg) won't start.
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> Thanks for looking.
Maarten Deen - 04 Oct 2006 14:33 GMT
>  My sister-in-laws Citroen ZX (H reg) won't start.

What enigne is it? That's more interesting than the registration plate.

> The fuel is getting through okay. Basically it has no spark, so won't
> start. I've tested all the fuses, which are fine. The coil has 4 wires
> going to it, they're from the distributor I think.

This is distributorless system. The block has a four-output coil, one
output for each spark plug, so the wires you see go to the spark plugs.
There is one big connector to the ECU unit.

> What are the common failure points with this car/model to cause this
> problem?

The coil can be faulty (I had one output fail at one time), the connectors
might be loose, the ECU can be faulty.

The only thing I can think of to do (if you have no testing equipment) is
trying a backup ECU or coil. Better option is to get at least a
professional diagnose.

Maarten
 
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