"Elle" <elle_navorski@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in
news:CSKTe.7531$Wd7.3920@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net:

> "a" <ccccc_bbbbb_aaaaa@hotmail.com> wrote
>> I did this,
>
> Did the resistances all check out?
>
>> but the faq at
>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/start...s.html#badcoil says the
>> following.
>>
>> How to tell if your coil is bad:
>> "The simple test to diagnose most no-spark conditions is this:
>> Connect a dwell meter to the negative coil terminal and to ground.
>> Crank the engine: No dwell, bad igniter; Dwell but no spark, bad
>> coil.
>
> This unofficial FAQ site at times uses input from random posters (like
> the above) whose validity one _cannot_ judge.


How do we judge /your/ validity?


> It's particularly
> annoying to note that the FAQ credits a (definitely random) poster
> named "Oak" as contributing this. In fact, Oak did not post this; some
> other person did, per a groups.google search.


Would you rather be annoyed than be the architect of correction? Who's the
real culprit then? John Ings put that part in, not me. If it's
misattributed, I'll fix it.

I think it's pretty clear to all that I welcome corrections.

By the way, I just checked with a very knowledgeable correspondent of mine
and he says the test procedure in the FAQ is sound. This is the same guy
who helped put together the igniter section. I'm just waiting on
clarification from him on whether or not the coil needs to be disconnected
for the test.



> It's not clear what this
> other person's credentials are, either. I have not seen this test in
> official Honda manuals.


You won't find the Main Relay diagnoses and fixes in Honda manuals either.
There's a /lot/ of stuff you won't find in Honda manuals either, for that
matter.


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