coil wiring

[BX Meteor]

HOUSTON WE HAVE IGNITION

well as some pedantic old bugger on here insisted

it was the ignition module all along,

rotor arm and dizzy cap were past there best and plugs have now been replaced so no money wasted.

a quick drive around the block pushed all thought of astras out of my head ( sorry Tom )

pictures wont really show much but may take a couple later

NOW

has anyone got a round thingy

[Mickey taker]

would you believe it,
The court case I was meant to be attending tomorrow which was the cause of all the rush has been delayed until April,

If the bloody drug dealer dosent go down now I'll do him myself for all this hassle

[saintjamesy89]

Congrats! Just think, now you have all day to do stuff, that you wouldn't otherwise have had. You could clean it, polish it, the possibilities are endless!

Ah well, i'll just sit in the Astra corner by myself...

[BX Meteor]

btw Mick, last Thursday you said here "tonight I turned the key and nothing happened". Did that solve itself ?

The way I read that, you may also have an issue with the starter solenoid, or have a mis-read that one ?

[Mickey taker]

Can't be sure just yet, all I can say for now is its running again, The nothingness on turning the key only happened once or twice and I may have resolved it by cleaning all the connections and the battery terminals, will just have to wait and see

[Mike E (uk)]

When I bought my last BX, it had an intermittant starter fault.

The problem was a bad low current connection on the solonoid.
It was just a push on crimp connector.

Radiator out to fix it properly with a screw on connection.

I have since fitted a relay so the key switch and wiring does not carry the solonoid current.

I also fitted another so the key switch and wiring does not carry the ignition current either.

[bx petrol auto saloon]

Dear Mick.
Well done on sorting out your non-starting problem Mick it can be
quite difficult sometimes, especially when everything appears to be
present and correct
I had a similar problem with my GSA, where the block connector for
the ignition module, on the inner wing under the bonnet, use to work
loose occaisioanally, causing it not to start sometimes. But that was only
just a bad connection problem
All The Best Mick.
Take Care.
Vince.

[Mickey taker]

well the car has run fine on the standard pump until friday afternoon when in the afternoon sun vapour lock kicked in. Quickly reconnected the electric pump and all was ok again but the petrol smell returned, got home and noticed the outlet on the electric pump was leaking, tightened up the nut and the smell has disappeared