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Old 10-31-2012, 11:23 PM
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Re: Testing coil packs?

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Originally Posted by dannmarr View Post
Ive seen this mentioned before. Can someone explain how unplugging the injectors help test if the coils are bad? I have an idea, but an explaination with steps would be helpful. Thanks
Well, if you have no spark to ignite the fuel, then unplugging the injector does nothing to the engine.
When you unplug an injector on a cylinder with a working coil, the engine bogs and starts missing, so you know that's not the cylinder with the bad coil.
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