Testing Internal Ignition Coil
forjp
01-24-2006, 05:48 PM
I have an '93 Camry that has an internal ignition coil. I'm not getting any fire and I think it may be the coil. Is there any way of testing it? Also I'm not sure how to replace it. Do you have to pull the distributor or can you just pull the rotor, then the cover to access the coil?
Toysrme
01-24-2006, 07:50 PM
It depends on the engine.
csaxon
01-24-2006, 08:03 PM
Do you mean a '93 Camry? 03 doesn't have distributor or rotor. Which engine is it? 4 or 6?
forjp
01-24-2006, 10:13 PM
I'm sorry, it's a 1993 with a 2200 4 cyl.
forjp
01-25-2006, 06:26 PM
When I tested the coil the primary winding tested in spec but the secondary winding was out of spec by 5k ohms. I went ahead and changed the coil, dist. cap and rotor. The engine fired but I've got a little adjusting to do. I didn't have feeler guages to check and adjust the gaps inside the dist which I will do tomorrow. Also the condenser looked as though it got pretty hot at one time so I'm going to change that as well. I'll post again when I get it running smooth again.
forjp
01-26-2006, 05:22 PM
It's fixed! Looks like it was the coil. But now it has a new dist. cap, rotor and coil! I got a little quick on the dist. install the first time, pinched one of the wires inside the dist. That is what caused the rough running. Corrected that and everything is fine now.
csaxon
01-27-2006, 04:22 PM
That's great! Thanks for posting your solution.
Brian R.
01-28-2006, 05:26 PM
Good job!
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