Bonneville V6-231 3.8L VIN 3 SFI (1988)
Distributor: Testing and Inspection
Units With Remote Coil
Fig. 11 Testing remote ignition coil
Ignition Coil Testing
1. Connect a suitable ohmmeter as shown in Fig. 1, step 1. Using the high scale, read ohmmeter. Should read very high or infinite. If not, replace coil.
2. Connect ohmmeter as shown in Fig. 1, step 2. Using the low scale, read ohmmeter. Should read very low or zero. If not, replace coil.
3. Connect ohmmeter as shown in Fig. 1, step 3. Using the high scale, read ohmmeter. Should not read infinite. If it does, replace coil.
