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Old 05-22-2020, 06:14 AM
Mikeyx Mikeyx is offline
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Default Ignition coil question, EC300, m.y. 2009

I have a very weak spark, and the engine is not starting. Prior to this happening,

- the engine sounded really rough and vibrated quite a bit
- right before stalling, it would not idle, but remained running a few seconds with applying the throttle - then it died
- during the previous two times I had been riding, the odometer would go nuts and show only 8888's when revs went above 7.000 rpm. I am not sure if this is related to the present problem

So, I am not 100% sure if I have:

- a malfunction in voltage regulator
- an issue with the carb
- an issue with the ignition coil

Anyway, the spark is very weak.

I have checked that the plug cap gives 5 kOhm.

When I measure the coil, I get 6.2 kOhm between the spark plug connector (2nd for the bottom) and the thin lead which goes inside the coil housing (1st form the bottom).

I also get the exact same resistance between the plug connector and the thin terminal (1st from the top).

Resistance between the thin connector (top-most in the image) and the thin lead (bottom) is 0.3 Ohm
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