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Coil failure on injectors

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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by hunterdiesel
does anybody know the procedure for checking the coil resistance at the wire connections on the valve cover and what the specs should be. Thx in advance
IIRC, 1 ohm or less on the injector, 4-5 ohms on the VC harness, 1-2 ohms on the ECU harness. At the VC 5-6 ohms is usual.
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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I'm not sure where your seeing 4-5 ohms at the valve cover, I never saw more than a .1-.2 ohm change, meaning at the valve covers you should see 1.1-1.2 ohms when measuring at the valve cover. It takes a quality ohm meter to even see the differences each coil that I lost measured higher resistance than all the other injectors usually 2.5-3+ ohms. I think the coils open up and then weld back together when the ecm tries to fire the injector, this causes a high resistance connection inside the coil. How long it will last or how well it runs is anyones geuss. The first coil I lost was open and had a miss when I ohmed it out, started it up to move truck into the shop and it no longer missed but I could tell it wasnt working right, ohms on the coil were high. Second same deal except I couldnt hear any change in the way the engine ran but it ohmed high(not as high as the first). I changed out the injectors and just got back from a 2kmile trip towing my 5thwheel and everything runs good, even got some mpgs back and the engine is running a little cooler(was having problems with it heating up when towing).
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by no_6_oh_no
IIRC, 1 ohm or less on the injector, 4-5 ohms on the VC harness, 1-2 ohms on the ECU harness. At the VC 5-6 ohms is usual.
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IIRC, .1 ohm or less on the injector, .4-.5 ohms on the VC harness, .1-.2 ohms on the ECU harness. At the VC .5-.6 ohms is usual.
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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i forget what my injector came back for reistance but i wanna say it was around 12 or 16 ohms. they tried blaming it on a tuner that i don't have. i got it taken care of later.
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Mine went out at 88,000. The dealer told me that there was a bad batch of injectors. ( coil issues) True or not that`s what they said.
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