Distributer roter not turning - 2000 Mercury Villager

check your distributer the cap and roter may be bad or you may find thr distributer is not turning you will have to test to find out. remove cap if it is corroded replace cap with rotor to match. while off crank engine to see if rotor turns it should . if this was helpful please leeve good feedback

Remove No 1 spark plug turn engine till compression felt. align mark on crankshaft pully with mark on timing cover , distributer roter now points to No 1 on cap. Firing order 6 cyl 153624 4 Cyl 1342. check which roter turns and connect cables as above

On number 1 cylinder. When the crankshaft pulley notch is on the zero degrees mark on the pointer scale, and the camshaft sprocket is on its mark, the number one cylinder should be at top dead center of the compression stroke. Rotor should be pointing to number one.

Crankshaft sensor.

Most common problem when this happens is the ignition module,complete distributors are available at low cost because of this common problem.Do you have spark?

Do you have 12 volts at the ignition coil? Is the return ground OK? I would also check your fuses. If all are good, you may have a problem with the sensor in the distributer.

Todd

the best way to set the distributer, is to have engine at top dead center. then replace distributer with rotor button pointing to #1 plug wire on cap. have a good day!!

check your sparkplugs ans plug wires. It could also be bad distributer or roter button.

1.voltage regulator
2.coil

If you are sure they said, a distributer cap a roter and a distributer, there is a problem! Because on a 1998
plymouth, there is no distributer or cap or roter.
Your cam sensor along with the crank sensor-temp sensor and a few other sensors, send a signal to the
powertrain control module, that sends a signal to the
coil pack(that you said was replaced) that fires the
spark plug. I would hold off from having any further
work done there, until you can check out what they
say they have already done. Ask if you can have the
old parts they replaced so far. You will want to have
an OBDII scan test done, to see what codes come up. It should have one of the first tests they did.
If I have read your post correctly, have them write an
estimate for what they will replace next. This info. is
based on the car being a 1998 plymouth and not a
1988 I would not wan't to acuse somone of anything
based on a typo. Hope this helps. Good luck.