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coil pack wiring
« on: October 06, 2016, 12:21:53 pm »
Does anybody have  awiring diagram for our coilpack look.
Or can anybody tell me what each wire on each coil pack does?

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Re: coil pack wiring
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2016, 02:50:03 pm »
There must be a pin-out diagram on the net somewhere, but your 4 wires usually consist of:

A thick wire with a red tracer = +12V
A thick brown wire = Engine or chassis ground.
A thick brown wire with a tracer colour = Engine or chassis ground.
A thin wire = ECU signal.

Do a continuity check with a multimeter on the brown wires to the battery and the engine.  If you get beeps, then 100% the red wire is 12V and the thin one is ECU.


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Re: coil pack wiring
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2016, 05:02:09 pm »
There must be a pin-out diagram on the net somewhere, but your 4 wires usually consist of:

A thick wire with a red tracer = +12V
A thick brown wire = Engine or chassis ground.
A thick brown wire with a tracer colour = Engine or chassis ground.
A thin wire = ECU signal.

Do a continuity check with a multimeter on the brown wires to the battery and the engine.  If you get beeps, then 100% the red wire is 12V and the thin one is ECU.

Thanks mate
« Last Edit: October 06, 2016, 05:16:03 pm by Paradox1 »