COIL problem
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COIL problem
I have a question.. I have a 85 GSL-SE 13B FI rx7..I replaced one of my coils because i didnt think it was working... No.. Is there a way to test a coil.. I can unhook it and put it near some metal on the car and it sparks very well.. however.. if i unhook the front coil.. the engin runs fine.. if I unhoock the rear coil the car will not run..
I can switch the 2 wires and as long as the rear coil wire is hooked to either coils it runs.. however it will not run with the front coil by itself..
Have a confused ya all yet|?
Let me know what I need to try..
By the way the car misses like hell.. and than sometime.. it run like a well tuned sewing machine.. than dies and runs like hell again!
I can switch the 2 wires and as long as the rear coil wire is hooked to either coils it runs.. however it will not run with the front coil by itself..
Have a confused ya all yet|?
Let me know what I need to try..
By the way the car misses like hell.. and than sometime.. it run like a well tuned sewing machine.. than dies and runs like hell again!
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does the tach kick in the 85 se when tryin 2 start?? i have noticed my car is hard 2 start somtimes and somtimes not and my tach doesnt always bounce but somtimes does? odd thx
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Is that little blue connector always connected to the front coil itself? The trailing coil blue connector needs to be connected or the SE fuel injection system won't kick in as it is computer controlled. I found this out the hard way when I accidently had the coil wires reversed. Blue connector goes to coil closest to front of car which is trailing. All we did was have the trailing and leading spark wires reversed and it was totally dead till we fixed it because we THINK the computer was cutting the fuel injectors... wiring diagram supports this theory if I read it correctly
FWIW, reason I ask you to check this is the car shouldn't run with the front coil removed as it appears it is since the FI shouldn't be on.
FWIW, reason I ask you to check this is the car shouldn't run with the front coil removed as it appears it is since the FI shouldn't be on.
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The front-most coil runs the trailing plugs and the rear-most coil runs the leading.
Without the trailing plugs running the tach and fuel pump will not run. The work around for this can be found here:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/lost-both-ignitors-once-550045/
You may also want to make sure that the ignitors are working. Are you getting spark off either of the leading and either of the trailing plugs?
If either of the ignitors are dead and you can't get a junkyard replacement go with a GM equivalent. Instructions are here:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/how-gm-igniters-replace-j-109-a-527209/
Without the trailing plugs running the tach and fuel pump will not run. The work around for this can be found here:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/lost-both-ignitors-once-550045/
You may also want to make sure that the ignitors are working. Are you getting spark off either of the leading and either of the trailing plugs?
If either of the ignitors are dead and you can't get a junkyard replacement go with a GM equivalent. Instructions are here:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/how-gm-igniters-replace-j-109-a-527209/
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Originally Posted by Dom
The front-most coil runs the trailing plugs and the rear-most coil runs the leading.
Without the trailing plugs running the tach and fuel pump will not run. The work around for this can be found here:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=550045
You may also want to make sure that the ignitors are working. Are you getting spark off either of the leading and either of the trailing plugs?
If either of the ignitors are dead and you can't get a junkyard replacement go with a GM equivalent. Instructions are here:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=527209
Without the trailing plugs running the tach and fuel pump will not run. The work around for this can be found here:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=550045
You may also want to make sure that the ignitors are working. Are you getting spark off either of the leading and either of the trailing plugs?
If either of the ignitors are dead and you can't get a junkyard replacement go with a GM equivalent. Instructions are here:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=527209
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Woops, missed out on answering your question on testing the coil.
For that you'll need a meter set to ohms. Place the test leads as shown.
The reading should be around 1.35 ohms for either coils.
For that you'll need a meter set to ohms. Place the test leads as shown.
The reading should be around 1.35 ohms for either coils.
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Originally Posted by jarath
From my observations in the service manual, the fuel pump doesn't have any connection to the coils at all.
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Originally Posted by Dom
That's right, no hard connections from the coils to the fuel pump. But the fuel pump is connected to the computer and the trailing coil does send a signal to the same computer.
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Originally Posted by rolfs_7
1.5 on leading and 2.3 on trailing.....should i be looking at getting some msd blasters???
Are you getting spark off either the leading or off either of the trailing plugs?
But then again, this is not your thread...
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sry for the jack but im not sure if im gettin spark or not i think it works somtimes and somtimes it doesnt...screw it ill get get msd blasters off ebay. thx
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last i knew i was gettin spark i think it comes and goes cuz i can feel it not run right and pick up i dunno im just gonna replace the coils i had plans to a long time ago.
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