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Hi to all im new to the forum and i need help getting my car started it's a ej18 carberator and im not getting spark from the bottle coil ,the coil is new the rotor and ignither are new as well but when i turn the ignition im not getting spark i suspect there is no signal going to the coil telling it to fire but how do i fix it i need some help asap THANKS .

What kind of car is this??


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1992 legacy gl im getting power on both wires going to the distributor when ignition is turned on ,is that the correct fountion of the wres .

Dose the car have points or electronic pick up coil? I'm assuming it has electronic ignition, therefore it should have a control module that is the brain box that controls the spark. I would look in to that, but I'm guessing.

I'm also assuming that your over seas, because in the US not many legacy's here had the 1.8L engine.

He said it's a GL

Legacy GL models were in Europe & Australia.

It has an electric bottle coil the old school type im in barbados

Yes, I understand your coil has one wire going to the cap.

The two wires coming out of the distributor should connect to pick up coil inside the distributor that gives a signal. If you unplug the two wires that your getting power and put an ohm meter on it and spin the engine to see if your getting a signal. If so the pickup coil is good, I believe there should be a control module taking that signal and going back to your coil.

But if you have points in side your distributor then you should have one wire coming out of your distributor and that would go to the - neg side if the coil.

Welcome to the BBS.

You can download the Subaru factory service manual. It's for the overseas 92 Legacy and section 2 is the engine section. That section has information on the carbureted engines. Also, section 6 is the electrical and has information on the distributor and coil.

http://www.main.experiencetherave.com/s ... FSM_-_FULL

Like Charles suggested, I would verify that the pick up is working and telling the coil to fire.

thanks for the help guys got it sorted ,the wiring to the distributor was on the wrong way it seems like it was tampered with before changed it around and she fired right up .

Glad to hear you got it sorted out.