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question on procedure for checking coils

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First off will my clymer manual tell me the resistances i want? if not do any of you know what they should be also should i remove the plug caps being that they are resistance caps?
 
3-5 ohms on the primary side and 30k-50k on the secondary side measured with the plug caps on.
 
what is primary and secondary side? I might know what that means from reading the threads but am unsure.

Thanks!
 
tas850g said:
what is primary and secondary side? I might know what that means from reading the threads but am unsure.

Thanks!
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Primary side is where the wires from the ignitor plug in. Secondary is the side the plug wires come out of. You measure the secondary side by placing the probes inside the plug caps for 1 & 4 then 2 & 3.
 
wait so you dont check secondary side to ground you do it to the paired wires?
 
okay so your saying secondary 1 to ground 4 to ground then 2 to ground and 3? right?
 
You put one probe in the plug wire for #1 and the other in the plug wire for #4. Then do the same for 2 & 3. You don't check against a ground.
 
ohms if you have a meter that auto sets use that other wise use a setting higher then 50K ohms like 100K or something
 
i have 25K ohms on both is that bad? i have after market ngk 5K Ohm Caps
 
i have a misfiring issue at idle and mid throttle i dont think it is fuel because ive adjusted the screws possibly a billion times and none are overly rich.
You can hear a hiccup intermittant miss when holding the throttle at 3-4 grand

i have yet to check the primary side, i will do that tonight.

Also when its misfiring if i go wot it will go away real quick... which would make one think fuel right? and driving down the road its not constant it will misfire every 3 or 4 minutes for like a stretch of 45 secs to a minute
 
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