Mitsubishi Repair: Ignition coil?, crank sensor, eclipse gs

Question
hi. I`ve a problem with my eclipse GS spyder 2.4 4g64 1997 mod. I think it`s the ignition coil or the plug wires? the problem goes on and off. I`ve tried to find the parts i US on the web. but i cant find any ignition coil to my 4g64 anywere:( do you tink its my coil? do you know any webshops i can order this part?

Answer
I would guess that the crank sensor or the ignition transistor would be a more likely failure than the coils. You will need to describe your failure better. The car stalls and starts right back up? Stalls and won't start back up for 10 minutes?  Is it a quick stall or does it loose power and then die?  It is actually very easy to see if the coils (You have two) are the problem. How I would test the coils is when the car dies, gain access to the wiring to the coils. There is a 3 wire connector. 1 is a red wire that is the power to the coils, the other 2 are the ground controls that the ignition transducer grounds to fire the coils. When the car won't start, place a test light into each of the black wires and have someone bump the starter, but don't really crank it. The test light should light up for a few seconds. If it still doesn't light up, verify you have a good ground on your test light. If you don't have power, you are loosing power to the circuit, and may have an ASD relay problem or similiar. If the lamp light then have your helper crank the engine over. If the light is flashing then the control circuit is working. If the light doesn't flash, but stays on steady, then you most likely have a crank sensor, cam sensor or ignition transistor problem (although it can be a PCM or other issue as well).

You can try this website for more information, as well as a for sale forum if you do end up needing that coil.

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