shatterme18

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i have a 1985 camaro with a 2.8 v6 and i cant get it to fire. the ignition module is good the ingition coil is good the rotor is good the wires are good the plugs are good and the dist. cap is good still aint getttin any fire anyone have any other ideas what could be wrong

1990z28

Are yo getting spark and are you getting fuel.

shatterme18

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i have fuel but i am not getting any fire at all

1990z28

If you got fuel and spark I would say check your timing if its off enough it wont start at all.

shatterme18

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that is the problem i am not gettin any spark at all and cant figure it out

1990z28

Ok well I would see if your getting power to your coil if you are check to see if you can jump a spark from it. If you can jump a spark from it just run down to the plug and see if you can get jump from any of them and do you have a coil on the distributor like the older ones or is it off of it like on the firewall.

shatterme18

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the coil is off to the side and dont get any fire or spark off of coil but the coil is good put in truck and it ran perfect

built91Z28

Are you getting power to the coil?

1990z28

You could have a bad ground to the coil or just no power to it at all. It could be a simple and stupid as just one wire is screwed up or something may be hooked up wrong.

shatterme18

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i have power to the coil checked it and the ignition module is good checked it car have spark one day and next day nothing

1990z28

Check your grounds on every part of the system to the coil and to the distributor. And is your distributor working right. When I first got my Camaro my distributor was bad and made it where I got no fire but every thing else was good try that if your grounds are all good. Because if I remember right it would spin right every now and then and work and I would get spark then I would try it again and nothing. So check your grounds make sure theres no broken ground or a bad connection.

shatterme18

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my distributor always spins could it still be bad and how can you tell if its bad

1990z28

I dont know how to tell if it bad but there should be a little module on the distributor that could of gone bad. Or other things could of gone bad have you had it started recently.

shatterme18

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had it started about month ago until battery went dead changed batterys and car would not start at this time it had spark and figured it was bad gas bc i had fuel to the motor put stuff in gas and tried to start next day and thats when i realized i didnt have spark that time

1990z28

I would say look at all the wiring and make sure everything is connected right. If everything is good check for broken wires or so what.