This was great, thank you!

Hey Nate, it’s Nate. Always great to see instructional videos that are well presented and to the point. But I have to say this is not the easy way lol. It’s a way alright, but the easiest… Put you’re multimeter on ohms (the little horseshoe looking one for those who might not know) and with the coil out put the red lead on the + metal pin in the coil and black on the - pin. No need for all those extra wires. Still great video my friend Nate.

You have come along way Nate. Your videos you are producing in 2022 are top notch. You have become way more comfortable with doing these videos.

Thank you for taking your time help others….I appreciate your hard work🙂👍

Thanks. I’ll have to look up the go/ no go resistance for a 14 mustang 3.7l v6 coil and test em. It’s running kinda rich, I wondering if I’m getting full spark ⚡️

being able to see what you're doing would be an improvement

Great skills & technique! Thanks for sharing!

So you have your primary winding then your secondary winding that also needs to be checked to verify if it’s in spec there’s a cold specification as well as a hot specification of the car was just running everything is warm to hot & all coils will have a different spec the need to be within so make sure you look up your vehicle/engines specification checking the primary winding like this with a meter is fine check the secondary by moving the positive to where the spark plug would go on a coil over plug system it where the plug wire goes….another way to do this is with a oscilloscope so you can visually see the wave produced but either way will work fine overall good video thanks for sharing

I have a 1995 lexus sc400. it looks like it has wires running to the spark plugs. It has been sitting for 4 years. So I drained the old gas and put 5 gallons of fresh new gas. My car is having a hard time starting. its cranks and cranks before it turns over. Sometimes it takes several tries. It started and ran perfectly fine for 30 minutes or so at normal operating temp. Shortly after, the temp gauge started to rise slightly and the car just shut off. Hard to start again, would crank but not start. do you know what it could be?

Ok . The end of the first test was unclear . Once you put the alligator clips on . What is the meter supposed to read if its good . Do I assume if its bad . It'll test at 0 ohm ??? Good point in the right direction but the end of the test is a little off

Maybe do a new video checking primary and secondary winding as they are both very important parts of each coil pack.

So for the first test it should be 1.8 Ohm or around that. But what is the second test about? How to detemine the plug is good or bad? 🤔

Is the same for a mercedes m104 coils.

I watched this and still don’t know how to check a coil, maybe because I fell asleep twice.

Thanks buddy, keep on

So, take the coil & plug out, put the spark plug back in the coil, take a multimeter & hook the positive to the spark plug and the negative to a ground and watch for a spark?

good video Nate

It would be helpful if you put time tags in the description for the various steps, thanks for taking the time to make the video. ( this was a constructive criticism how-to for the professional commentators on here )

What if your coils have four connecting pins?

Hello, I'm a Nissan Tiida owner, and I'm encountering acceleration issues. I've replaced the spark plugs, air filters, transmission fluid, engine fluid, and the Fuel Assembly, but the problem persists. I haven't diagnosed the ignition coil yet, so I'm wondering if one of the coils might be faulty. For example, when I was in traffic with my foot on the brake, and I released the brake and pressed the gas, the car surged for a second and then settled. I noticed this tends to occur when the vehicle is cold. It mostly happens at low speeds. What could be causing this issue?

I can tell you got a lot to teach and youre a great teacher. But get you a speech coach brother that could be the investment of a lifetime for yiu bro no hate at all i wanna see you at the scotty Kilmer level! Much love from los angeles

The quick easy way exsplained the extended way. Jk good info

I like your videos don’t let the negative comments get you down bro! I am subscribing! Just a word on ohm coils… in some cases it doesn’t put it under enough stress and heat.. so in some cases the coil will 0HM fine and still misfire. So if you ohm And it still has a misfire after you put everything back together change the coils around and see if the misfire moves using a Scan Tool.

Awesome tech tips!!!!! Thanks!!!

If you speed up the video to 1.5x it’s actually not that bad of a video.

👍 thanks.

Love the language in the first review. Surely, Sister Marie wouldn't approve. lol

Great video. I love it

The information presented is ok , but that southern accent is sounded much better 😊

Resistance test is not enough.. ..you have to proceed also to peak voltage test..

moisture is not what conducts electricity, its the minerals (usually salts, within). Your hand could be dry and you could get the shat shocked outta ya.

next time test a coil on the test bench so we can see what you are talking about and adjust angle of meter so we can see it as you talk

I give 100 out 100 for making a video and 0 out 100 for explaining in a video

it may fire with no load.may not under load . so a static test does not always work

It would be helpful to aim the camera at your work, so we can see the coil being removed and the fuel injector clip being disconnected.

I've got a 2001 Ford escape 2.0. can't get fire. Changed the coil pack and crank shaft sensor. Still no fire. Help me !!?

how would you check for spark, turn the key or send power to the coil a different way?

Thank you!

But my trailblazer’s ignition coils have three terminals and it doesn’t read like how you described

I wonder how the hard way look like if thats the easy no tools required way 😳🤫

Why not connet the spark plug aligator clip to battery ground?

Lab scope and done ..

Teach better than my instructor. Learning more off KZfaq than being in class

It’s his first time with a multi meter hahahah

Wow!!

Did anything ever happen?

8:48 You're going to get somebody shocked😂

Hell yeah

gotta start somewhere. I challenge any of you critics down below to film and edit your own KZfaq video. Good luck even uploading it for that matter.😂

You should have shown how you hooded it up

So I’m not the only one confused my head cocked like a dog!!

Agree

just make sure that u use a 1mm ground wire to test for 50 000 volts on the plug

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Here all day for you to get started

Can you test a coil on a shop bench by alligator clipping the coil terminals to a 110v-12V converter or 12V battery, and clip the spark plug strap to another alligator clip going to the ground in the wall socket?

What in tarnation

Why not ground the spark plug to the battery when testing the coil? I thought all ground led back to the battery.

What the heck? Can you give a short complete explanation of what you're testing?

You didn't say what setting on Ohms you where on with your multimeter

Stick a screw driver in the plug wire and lay it close to a ground ⚡⚡⚡lol

This bloke's accent is awesome..Is it Kentucky??

1. Wear gloves 2. Unhook negative terminal 3. Creates spark, low voltage high

This is only for two pin coils. Testing most three and/or four pin connections like this will not work because of the transistor in the coil. If you were to use this method on most three and four pin coils it will make it look like the coil is bad when it's not.

REDUNDANT!!!!!! I fell asleep also

If it won't throw a spark if the spark plug is not grounded, let me see you hold it with your bare fingers and crank it.

Did not need the disassembly portion and talk talk talk portion for a generic basic coil test

many talks make it short but safe

Those gloves don't offer protection from a charged coil.

So 1.8 means its good? do you turn on the ignition? what does it read if bad?? Good video but unclear about what is good and what is not

oh bro just connect ur multimeter direct

Sometime today jr

Nap time.

Take the positive cable off the battery whenever you work on the electronics.

I 8

Very slow and skipped parts that he corrected his wiring...

All my coil overs failed intermittently. Ohms tests passed. Hand generated spark test passed. In the engine under load TOTAL CRAP OUT..!! Unplugging each one while engine idling helps sometimes. If no obvious drop in power or rough idling begins them that coil is doing nothing. Don't be a cheapass Charlie. Just replace them all. Your family's safety to get them out and back home again depends on you doing the job right...

man you really like to listen to yourself talk dont you.

I think he smoked alot of weed making this video

Not a very good explanation

2012 Ford Transit connect temperature sensor

You talk to much keep yourself on details instead focus on the issue explain what is necessary no one will subscribe to you if you keep on doing that

Needs work

This was a struggle to watch. You didn't start testing the coil till 6mins in. Then you went through a tutorial on how you use a multimeter. Jesus Christ just get to the point man.

wouldn't checking continuity across the coil have been better ? as far as the multimeter was concerned ... also you could have used a simple grounded test light to check the spark gap for testing the spark plug... a lot of issues in this video bro... since you haven't learned how to use that fluke multimeter, send it on down this way bro...

Lmao screw driver works

wtf? i have never watched a video and felt so confused.. you *didn't* really explain anything.. there was like 12 different takes done for the multimeter.. that took the 1st 7 minutes of a 9 minute video.. and you didn't say anything... (that was 9 minutes of my life i will never get back.. ).. my coil has 3 metal tabs.. you coulda explained more.. like what the tabs are.. did polarity matter.. and what readings are good and what is considered bad? resistance per winding.. and not all multimeters have a "horseshoe" symbol.. i think u meant "ohms".. what about multiple windings ?????? so many questions unanswered..

Was this boring, or what?

Zzzzzzzzzzz lol .. !

Never trust a video mechanic who wears gloves, unless he is changing oil.

Did you ever finish school you made a video to show people and you showed nothing

Could be the worst video on KZfaq

Watched this video for about two mins then went elsewhere. Boring

Video is terrible

This is horrible and scattered

Lame video. He doesn't show the steps of hooking up the wires

If you can't figure out how to remove the bolts & clips, you shouldn't be working on cars!!!

This guy can talk.🥱