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test an ignition coil? - 6/23/2007 7:36:06 PM    randy93   Posts: 2 Joined: 6/23/2007 Status: offline my 93 honda accord just died while driving. i have no spark to my sparkplugs.  what is best way to check my coil ? any advice will be appreciated! Post #: 1

RE: test an ignition coil? - 8/14/2007 3:27:56 PM    kevcann3   Posts: 10 Joined: 8/14/2007 Status: offline put a driver in the coil wire put it close to a pice of metal and turn it over you will see the spark (dont touch the metal on the drive and do this some where there aint to much light) good luck...this is the old school way ...or get a volt meter (in reply to randy93) Post #: 2

RE: test an ignition coil? - 8/14/2007 3:56:24 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6303 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline Have you inspected your cap/rotor?  Is the coil wire connected properly or did it wiggle loose? _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''s great but it''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to kevcann3) Post #: 3

RE: test an ignition coil? - 8/15/2007 4:30:20 PM    deserthonda Posts: 3568 Joined: 12/3/2005 Status: offline go to our DIY section and read up on it ,,scroll till youi find the post  _____________________________ No Year No Model in Your signature No Help from me Take a look in the DIY section before asking for help Always Diagnose First,,, Before Replacing Parts (in reply to randy93) Post #: 4

RE: test an ignition coil? - 11/17/2007 9:08:16 PM    javier_josue   Posts: 1 Joined: 11/16/2007 Status: offline the ignition coli have 4 terminals to check if its ok you grab an ohmimeter and check the resistance betwen terminal a and c of the coil it shoul be betwen 0.7 or 0.8 ohms then check the betwen the secondary and the a terminal it choul be around 22,000 ohms if this its correct the coil its good what you do next is with the car ignition on you check if you got batery voltage in the 2 primary wires of the coil if you got 12v the you hook a test ligth to the positive batery terminal and the other end in the coil signal then you try to start the engine if the ligth blinks but you dont have any spark the coil its bad if the ligth doent blink check the ignition distributor or icm (ignition control module) inside the distributor i hope you fix your problem good luck (in reply to deserthonda) Post #: 5

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