No power to coil

JOHN BELL6

MEMBER
1999 NISSAN SENTRA
1.6L
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
230,000 MILES

Had to do a change my head gasket. Followed instructions from factory service manual I think I did everything correct. After putting it all back together. No start and p1320 followed trouble diagnosis I'm my fsm, no change, replaced coil, nothing replaced whole distributes, nothing. Turns out I'm not getting voltage from wire going into the condenser (attached to distributor). I checked continuity all the way back to the ECM. Its good. Not sure what else to check. Also my temp gauge goes all the way to Max by just turning the key on. And help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thursday, December 5th, 2019 AT 8:44 PM

1 Reply

KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

Take a look at the wiring diagram and tell me which side of the condenser you have no power. The way I understand it you don't have power coming into the condenser from the ignition switch but I am not sure this is what you mean because if the engine cranks then the ignition switch is okay. So if you don't have voltage coming out of the condenser heading to the distributor then this is your issue.

Let me know if I am missing something but based on what you said it appears your issue is there.

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