PT Cruiser No Spark
Mac’s question:
“PT Cruiser ran hot. repaired mechanical. ran 5 minutes and lost spark. any ideas?”
Answer:
Now it depends upon how hot the engine got. If it got really hot, it could have melted the crankshaft position sensor. With no crankshaft sensor, you’d have no spark. Now pt cruisers have had LOTS of problems with their ignition coils, which may be damaged further by an overheating engine. I change out a lot of ignition coil packs on pt cruisers, so check to see if power is going into the coil, and not coming out to the spark. If you’ve got power going in, and none going out to the spark plugs, then the coil has gone bad. Good Luck,
