Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting

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Sat 28 Feb 2004 17:15
Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting - tomtom
Please cannot someone help! Driving along motorway car just stalls, checked under bonnet and plug lead of it. Car still won\'t start. There was no spark, put a new ignition/coil pack in! Still not starting!! Battery in the car is not the greatest could this be affecting anything? Or is it the immobiliser? Has anyone got and ideas???????

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Sat 28 Feb 2004 17:37
Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting - DL
Do you have an HT spark from the coil lead, when laid on a metallic part of the engine?
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Sun 29 Feb 2004 09:55
Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting - tomtom
No, there was no spark, have you and idea's??
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Mon 1 Mar 2004 21:41
Seat Ibiza 1.4s Not Starting - Andrew Moorey (Tune-Up)
Hall effect sensor in the distributor would seem most likely culprit after checking for the correct voltages at the coil/amp unit. Better off calling in an expert rather than wasting money throwing bits at it. Other possibilities include the immobiliser, ecu, relays etc.
Andrew


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