Q: Engine cranks, but does not fire

asked by on November 26, 2016

My rodeo has no spark at the coil I have changed the coil the ecm module the cap and rotor the spark control module checked all the fuse's i have even changed computors and still no spark also there is power to my injectors but no pulsation the fuel pump is working however I had this problem once before and it was my knock sensor was unpluged but I have checked that I think it must be my ECM relay what is your advice?

My car has 95000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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