So, well within the capacity of my limitless kindness and generosity I've offered to help a friend get their car running (All while my poor miata sits neglected because I've been driving an E28 and haven't felt the urge to put the new clutch in, that will change this week, however, can't wait to have it back). Anyhow, this is so far what I've gotten from her:
-Problem started when the car would have trouble starting itself and would need to be jumped (intermittent)
-Then car would have trouble holding an idle at a stoplight (put it in neutral to keep the revs up would work)
-If the car was allowed to die when idling at the stop, it would have to cool down for ~10-15 minutes before it would start again (no hot starts).
-Now the car will not start at all, turns over but no start.
So far I haven't done anything with the car except verified that I could hear the fuel pump priming when the key was turned. It was dead when I went to look at it, so I did not bother trying jump it, but I take her word it doesn't start (I'll try to start it when I get back on Monday). They've replaced the plugs, but nothing else. This is a college student's car, so obviously we want to do this as cheaply as possible, and not buy unnecessary parts.
Everything leads me to believe it's not getting a good spark? What does everyone else think? It's not a miata or a E28, so I'm not super comfortable working on it. Gonna try to scour the Hyundai forums, which ones are the good ones? Was this motor used in other vehicles? All help would be greatly appreciated.
