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Car Forum / Mitsubishi Cars / January 2007

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1992 Mits. Expo 2.4 L no spark.

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sjjoseph@att.net - 24 Jan 2007 22:46 GMT
Hello,  While driving down the highway, my expo just died and would not
start.  The injectors are getting fuel.  I pulled the dist. cap and
found that the contact that contacts the rotor from the coil had broken
off and fell into the bottom of the cap.  I assumed this was the
problem and replaced the cap and rotor, but it still will not start.
Just to rule them out, I also replaced the plugs and wires including
the coil wire to the cap.  I pulled one of the plugs and had and turned
it over to see if there was spark at the plug and there was not.  I am
leaning toward a possible bad coil, but need to know how to check it
first.

Thanks,

Jason
Stewart DIBBS - 26 Jan 2007 23:57 GMT
> Hello,  While driving down the highway, my expo just died and would not
> start.  The injectors are getting fuel.  I pulled the dist. cap and
> found that the contact that contacts the rotor from the coil had broken
> off and fell into the bottom of the cap.

If your 92 has the 4G64 SOHC-8v engine (plugs on the FRONT of the head), I
seem to recall that it has a separate coil under intake plenum chamber, and
a "normal" distributor. Something else in the distributor or the coil or
even the ECU could be faulty.

If your 92 has the 4G64 SOHC-16v engine (plugs on the TOP of the head), then
the distributor contains the coil, and its the most likely cause of the
problem. Check with a wrecker for replacement parts. An exchange rebuilt
unit runs to about C$400.

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