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The crank sensor is new...the ECM, I changed last year, but put one in that had more miles than mine...I can put my old one back in if neccessary.

If one of the coils goes bad, won't it try to run on two cylinders? Is it unusual for one coil to go bad & it not start at all?

I'm going to try to find a multimeter...unless they can be had cheap.


edit: the first thing I tried was swapping the relays to no avail. Autozone has a digital multimeter w/ a numerical read for $19, would this work or do I need the more expensive one?



I don't think a $19 DMM would have adequate response and it certainly won't have a bargraph display. I checked out the DMM's that Radio Shack carries and they don't offer a bargraph either. I guess you would have to invest in something like a Fluke 87 DMM which retails for over $300. I have one but obviously you don't want to spend that much. But I think I have an alternative...

I was looking at the ignition schematic and one of the coil primaries goes directly to the tach. This could function as a check of the ignition. Crank the engine. If the tach pulses while cranking it would be a good indicator that the ECM is pulsing the coils. If the tach stays at zero while cranking I would suspect there's no ignition pulse.

1998 Sportage - Gone.
2004 Honda Civic Coupe.
2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara - She got it.