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How do you know if your Spark Plug wires are good?

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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 06:40 AM
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Default How do you know if your Spark Plug wires are good?

I still have problem with my CEL... code 71-72
after cold start, The engine seemed only to run on 2 cylinder..
CEL blinking all the time for 10 minutes..
then, it stayed on after the engine feels normal again..
the CEL will go after a week or so.. but then DeJavu all over again.

how to check if the Spark Plug wires are still good?
I want to sort out the reason for this misfiring...
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 06:46 AM
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Default Re: How do you know if your Spark Plug wires are good? (PiYoImuT)

Check the el. resistance. Should be lower than 25 kOhm.. and a visual check.
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 07:23 AM
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Default Re: How do you know if your Spark Plug wires are good? (EuroITR1689)

Dank U Schoen
but how exactly is that?
I guess I am a very ignorant person eh? I have no idea about electricity.. or anything in that matters...

:D
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 07:32 AM
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Just get an ohmeter and run the - side (I believe) up the boot, and the + to the distr side of the wire.

Correct me if I mixed up the sides.
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 07:54 AM
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have aleph go 'borrow' my DMM in my toolbox....

D
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 08:01 AM
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"Dank U schoen"? Where did you learn that?
You have to pull the wires out and use a multimeter/Ohmmeter to measure the resistance. The + on one end and the - on the other end, doesn't matter which side which....
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Old Sep 20, 2001 | 08:30 AM
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D : Thanks.. I'll ask him later on today... I talked with John @Baierl too.. I will bring the car on October 8... he asked how're you doing there.. hehe..

Holland ITR: waarom? where do I learn to say Dank U? hehehe.. I used to go there a lot..
Actually my Ex GF is still studying there...
Speaking of GF, I might have another visit to Arnhem and Utrecht this December.. when I go round the world home...(if there's no WW3 going on)...
so, NY-AMS-JAKARTA-TOKYO-PITTSBURGH.. how about that? hehehe

what I hate in Holland is when the people celebrate new years.. fireworks in your face... and everywhere is dirty as hell the next morning...
It's really rare to see an ITR there too...
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