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Posted on Jan 28, 2010

91 jeep yj wont start

Turns over but no spark .When ignition is turned on the check engine comes on but goes out after a few seconds.as do all other lights any ideas?

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It is your ignition module. Drivers side behind the washer fluid bottle on your firewall. It is about 6'' x6'' and has 2 plug ins.

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Check your coil, plugs, wires, basically your entire ignition system - test a plug wire by sticking a new (known to spark) sparkplug onto the end of the (known to work) wire and see if there is spark, if not, change out your coil and test again - if neither, check the timing of your distributor

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