1996 Nissan Sentra ignition system

1996 NISSAN SENTRA
109,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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MATTHEW123
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On #2 cylinder I am losing spark out of distributor cap, good spark on other 3 cylinders. Spark comes and goes on #2 , I've already changed the cap and rotor - it did not correct problem.
What else could it be?
Any advice would be helpful
Oct 31, 2008 at 7:13 PM
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ZACKMAN
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Did you replace the wires and plugs? I would do that too.
Nov 1, 2008 at 12:32 AM
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MATTHEW123
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yes i changed wires and plugs. using a spark tester straight from cap i still loosing spark from #2
Nov 1, 2008 at 6:27 AM
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