scubacamper

In the process of eliminating possibilities to a problem I've been having, I checked the continuity on one of my new plug wires and got nothing....absolutely nothing.

So I checked another - same thing.

Is this correct? I double checked my multimeter - it's working fine. Are plug wires supposed to have continuity?

Lost Again

I've always tested resistance.......never tried continuity, guess I could do that when I get home as I have a new set of wires that have not been installed on the car (97 SE) yet.

holmesnmanny

There has to be continuity or the plug wouldn't fire. I think you're reading the meter wrong.

However, you want to test for ohms, not for continuity.

MAD_MIKE

Testing for continuity is not the same as testing for resistance.
Usually continuity setting is for less than 100-1000Ω and will have a ringer, on plug wires this will not work.
Need to check resistance on the 100KΩ setting of the meter. IIRC Honda just specifies no more than 25KΩ per plug wire.