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i have a buick park ave the number spark plug is dead no

Sent to Car Experts January 02 02:50 PM

I have a 1991 Buick Park ave The number 2 spark plug is dead no fire at no 2 all of the others fire normally. Changed the coil and no change. I have a after market repair manual but it does not tell me where to go after the coil change. Any advice will be appricated

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1991 Buick park ave 3.8 l

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changed the coil but no help

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January 2 4:34 PM (1 hour and 44 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
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Autozone.com has some good repair info including this troubleshooting chart:
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Also check out the Diagnosis and Testing Section, along with the General Information section. The info applies to the Park Avenue engine even though the site doesn't specifically state "Park Avenue".


Assuming that you have tried replacing or swapping the spark plug wire for #2, the next step might be to install a new ignition module. The ignition module is the "base" to which all the coils are attached.

The pictures show the ignition module:

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On this type of ignition system, each coil fires 2 plugs at the same time (both paired cylinders are fired near top dead center, one is on compression stroke and one is on exhaust). So if you really have spark on all the other cylinders, it rules out the coil and module since they have to be working fine in order to fire #5 (the cylinder paired with #2 on the same coil). That means that if your description is accurate, the only faulty components could be the #2 spark plug wire or #2 spark plug. Here is a picture of a typical spark tester that could be duplicated at home with a spark plug and a wire or clamp to ground it.
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Note that the troubleshooting flowchart above points to the fuel injector under certain conditions, and a single failed injector could result in a single cylinder misfire.

I hope this info helps you.
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