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1988 Toyota Supra ignition coil testing/multimeter setting

Tiny
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  • 1988 TOYOTA SUPRA
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  • 2WD
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When testing a coil using a multimeter, what ohm setting do I select?
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 AT 3:49 PM

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Tiny
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If its a digital meter use 200 scale for the primary resistances and 20K scale for the secondary resistances-
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008 AT 3:57 PM
Tiny
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I am testing the coil now, at 200k I am getting -00.0 for my primary and at 20k I'm getting 10.98 for my secondary. Does this sound right?
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008 AT 4:24 PM
Tiny
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Retest the primary don't sound right see below


https://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/12900_coil_3.jpg

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Monday, April 7th, 2008 AT 8:15 AM

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