Can you test coil packs ?

[Sidney Rough-Diamond]

Is there anything you can do to test any suspect coil packs,on an M60 ?

[winfred]

theres a ohm test but i find most of the time the bad ones ohm just fine, if the check engine code doesn't tell you which cylinder is missing i pop coil wires one at a time till i find the one that doesn't effect the miss, (or use my kv meter)

[Sidney Rough-Diamond]

theres a ohm test but i find most of the time the bad ones ohm just fine, if the check engine code doesn't tell you which cylinder is missing i pop coil wires one at a time till i find the one that doesn't effect the miss, (or use my kv meter)

OK. silly E34 newb question: What kinda code reader do I need for that ? Thanks

[winfred]

you can do the stomp test to retrieve the codes (do a search if you don't know how, the code list will probably come up in the same search)

[KenB]

I thought only US spec cars had the stomp test feature?

[winfred]

maybe so


I thought only US spec cars had the stomp test feature?

[shogun]

That is correct, U.S. models only, was required from somewhere 1988 or so, Bill B once mentioned that.
Winfred probably did not check his profile, so that is why I found that he is from the U.K.

[KenB]

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Winfred probably did not check his profile, so that is why I found that he is from the U.K.

That's what I figured, Winfred didn't notice the "UK Spec" in his profile, which is why I mentioned it.

I didn't want him to drive himself nuts trying to do the stomp test.:D