Hi Everyone,

Pretty sure my coils are shot, but someone mentioned a coil tester. Does anyone happen to know if there's one available for use in the Scarborough area?

 

I have an inductive timing light that I can test see if your coils are sparking or not. But it won't tell you how strong the spark is. I am in Richmond hill.

 

The instructions from Mazda that tests your coils based on the resistance between terminals A B C is useless in my opinion.

 

Hey Footman - thanks! I'm sure my coils are sparking, I assume they're just weak. I'm one who likes to collect data and correlate differences.

 

The tester is $12 .........DON'T BE CHEAP AND BUY ONE lol

 

Didn't realize they were that inexpensive. Can they test the actual voltage, or are they just resistance meters? I'd assume for that price all they can do is test resistance which I can do with a voltmeter. Although the two *should* be connected there's no guarantee what the actual output voltage is without something that can test ~25kV - a task which I would assume is going to be more expensive than $12.

Which product are you referring to? I can't find anything specific.

Thanks!

 

look for TeamRX8's coil test thread....thé tester looks like a strange spark plug