1988 Toyota Supra ignition coil testing/multimeter setting

1988 TOYOTA SUPRA
20,841 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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SUPRAMAN88
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When testing a coil using a multimeter, what ohm setting do I select?
Apr 6, 2008 at 8:49 AM
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RASMATAZ
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If its a digital meter use 200 scale for the primary resistances and 20K scale for the secondary resistances-
Apr 6, 2008 at 8:57 AM
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SUPRAMAN88
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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?
Apr 6, 2008 at 9:24 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Retest the primary don't sound right see below


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Apr 7, 2008 at 1:15 AM
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