Rallye Engine Stopped Working?

[GTI6BOY 29]

Was driving along when the engine died.

 

Pulled to the side of the road and tried to turn it over, but it wont fire

 

Had a little play around and i cant get a spark

 

I have tried a brand new coil

 

With the ignition off i have 1 live to the coil, and with ignition on i have 2 lives and the other 2 read 2.0v? I thought i should have 3 lives and an earth?

 

Any ideas

[allye 530 3 Cars]

This is a TU3 not your GTI-6 engined Rallye!?

[GTI6BOY 29]

Tu yes

[swordfish210 20]

I had this happen once, it turned out that the shaft inside the distributor had snapped so the rotor arm wouldn't turn. The ignition system on the TU engines are pretty simple so it shouldn't be hard to trace the fault.

[GTI6BOY 29]

Rotor arm was turning

 

just been to my local motor factors and purchased a ignition module for £35 and the car fired straight up

 

[Wallby 39]

I also need a new ignition amplifier, but I have 2 choices, 5 or 7 pin. Anybody know which one I need for my Rallye? Otherwise I'll have to go home and check!

[GTI6BOY 29]

Yeah 3 pin...lol

 

Thats thrown a spanner in your works has'nt it?

[welshpug 1,626]

at a guess (as its the only one I can see listed for a TU 205...)

 

5945 55 MODULE

[christopher 5 1 Cars]

My Rallye died in full flight on the motorway once. Revs just droped and it wouldn't start. The only time it ever failed me.

 

It also turned to to be the ignition module.

 

If you watch the rev counter (if you have one) then it should flicker when the engine is turned over. If it doesn't then its probably your module

[Wallby 39]

I was thinking 3 pin too! All the pictures i have looked at have 3 pins! Ill check in the morning then hopefully the man at unipart can find a 3 pin one for me.

 

thanks for your help guys