No Spark From One Side of a Waste Spark Ignition Coil

[@ScannerDanner]

This was filmed like 10 years ago and i have no idea why i chose the word "electrocuted" 😅 , but im most definitely regretting it now! Look through the comments here and look how many times I've been reminded about this word. Thanks everyone! 😂

[@nealp.2841]

Haha, sorry... I had to say something.. I didn't look in the comments. And I should have... 🤷‍♂️

[@Embermist69]

Paul: Hold the test light so I don’t get electrocuted (shocked). Narrator: He did get electrocuted a bit. And to this day he still gets using the proper word shock. How often would one ask? At least twice a month maybe more or less. Only Caleb knows for sure, oh and Paul as well since he is our subject today. 🤣

[@ferenctulics9688]

I don't care about some minute mistakes. All I care about are the great lessons I learn from you! Never stop! Thank you!

[@isaiahlangfords5574]

That is fucking 2000s dodge caravan those coils suck iver replaced 3 on mine easy to replace but dont last long

[@TakeAGuessWhatsNext]

So if both sides don't spark what's the cause

[@TheCanadianBubba]

That ending is the most relatable thing I seen all week 👍

[@volkswagenation]

That really stings. For me it was a lot worse on an old Tecumseh rototiller engine. ⚡💀 My pecs hurt for a week!

[@TheCanadianBubba]

@@volkswagenation- A family "friend" had me hold the lead of a Briggs and Stratton while he pulled on it. I was like maybe five or so. Asshole thing to do, when a kid had no idea.

[@iamunknowable]

​@@TheCanadianBubba lol my Dad had me pull the spark plug on the three wheeler at around the same age. 😅

[@calholli]

It always has to get you at least once.. :)

[@ScannerDanner]

Indeed 😆

[@juanmanuelgil3436]

💯😂

[@damian9157]

Every time scanner Danner pops up on my feed I learn something new. Badass videos sir

[@ScannerDanner]

Thank you!

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Wet the exhaust manifold and start engine. Any stubs that dry slowly have suspect sparks. If it’s already hot - use an IR thermometer to look for cold outlets

[@ScannerDanner]

Next would be to verify coil - control from the PCM and the result of that test would dictate the next move. Possiblities for no spark on both towers of a waste spark coil, car still runs but a 2 cylinder misfire... 1.Bad coil 2.open or shorted coil - control wire 3.open or shorted PCM coil driver 4. An input problem (crank sensor with a reluctor issue)

[@leethomas9198]

Gave me a flashback and immediate jerk of my right hand. Back in 1985 i was 18 and had a new job w/ smart folks who explained i could troubleshoot my skip in my truck by pulling plugwires 1 at a time while idling. Yep i learned😂 that #5 on my 351c w/ dual point distributor was skipping due to a split boot. Damn that still hurts.🥴

[@careyautorepairs]

Q: What do you call an old female sparkplug? MissFire.

[@biffsmith3927]

A spark tester is less painful @ 12 bucks. Mines 40 + years old, havent been bit once in those 40 years. Works on either end of plugwire.

[@ScannerDanner]

You can't do an RPM drop test with a spark tester. You have to be able to do this test running!

[@JPizzle4Shizzle85]

The differences between shocked and electrocuted is the later kills you.

[@raggy-raggy]

Yep, short for "Electrically Executed"

[@Dave5843-d9m]

As in chair.

[@travisjernigan8529]

Latter

[@Phishsamich]

OMFG that drive me nuts if you are talking about being electrocuted you were not in fact electrocuted. Shocking news I know.

[@calvins1837]

​@@raggy-raggyhe said short😅

[@JD-526]

Nice example of quick diagnostics.

[@jamesgeorge4874]

_electrocute_ literally means "execute with electricity", I've gotten a nasty shock a few times, in 33 years, but always survived.

[@phillipthethird42]

I never thought to use a test light as a ground for the spark. Thanks for the tip.

[@coolasice2187]

😢 it's a good way to burn out your test light if it has spark.

[@phillipthethird42]

@@coolasice2187 So, buy a multitude of cheap test lights ? I used to get cheap one for a dollar.

[@StationRussification]

Very nice demonstration & tool usage, some vehicles be careful because if U go full open air gap [like if U drop a tool] it can blow an ASD circuit, or a driver in an Engine Controller.

[@ScannerDanner]

A momentary full open won't hurt anything, but you're not wrong about what damage can happen from open plug wires

[@StationRussification]

No Dan U R teaching people something & not saying that if they drop the tool ect. ect. That is my point. I appreciate that U know some Tune Up Stuff but U R not the tell all know all great guru in fact U could use a little humility & regard because U seem to get butt hurt @ most of my remarks on your videos & or assume things. So notice I said 'seem' & I will leave it @ that.

[@ScannerDanner]

​​@@StationRussification You may want to reread what I wrote! ..."but you're NOT wrong about what damage can happen from open plug wires" Maybe you thought I said "you're wrong"? My name is Paul Danner btw 😉

[@willmcmillan9511]

I use 2 inch pieces of vacuum line in between the terminal and the wire and hold the test light to the vacuum line.

[@ScannerDanner]

Too much work lol but I know that test too thanks

[@lukedvisscher4676]

And just for fun info. It's super high voltage to jump the gaps, but is super low amperage so you don't die when getting electrocuted by it😊

[@x-man5056]

Unless you are 13YO, driving your Mini-Bike along a major blvd, see a cop, and try a no look, kill switch slap between your legs (lever that grounds out spark plug on old 3.5 Briggs), get bit hard and almost crash into him. Guess it made his dreary day because he let walk it home with a warning.

[@MWilk098]

"electrocuted" means "shocked to death".

[@x-man5056]

@@MWilk098Actually it is a contraction of 2 words; electro (electric) and cution/cuted (execution). It technically means to be executed by electricity. Modern usage yada, yada, now it means shocked to death.

[@MWilk098]

@@x-man5056 'ackshually....yes" what was the point of this comment?

[@x-man5056]

@@MWilk098If you die from accidental electric shock, you are technically not electrocuted. If you are put down in the electric chair, then you are electrocuted. The definition I read didn't say anything about accidental, it means when you are executed by electricity. But there's no word for accidental electric shock death. (electro-blammo?) So the point would be trivia... I guess. Never mind. Unless you were asking about the Mini Bike thing.

[@robertthomas5906]

Won't kill you. You'll run through your list of curse words though.

[@ottocipra6562]

The coil produced spark on the back side as you say. Pls explain why this wouldn’t be a bad wire or connection if the coil is producing spark?

[@ScannerDanner]

My test light is the plug wire. You'd have to have two bad plug wires on the same coil for this test to have variables. The full length video shows more. But this is a single cylinder misfire which is also an important key piece of info

[@herbertojeda7461]

Thnku good mech tech. Greatly appreciated!

[@bradleyallen7254]

Harbor freight has a tool to stick in the plug and the coil pack that lights up like a test light if it has spark lol it 100% reduces getting shocked

[@ScannerDanner]

Those tools are garbage. You cannot tell the strength of the spark (a weak spark will still flash this light) and you're not going to be able to do a cylinder drop test (the other test I'm doing here that the short doesn't show)

[@jorgeantonini201]

@ ScannerDanner They sell adjustable gap spark testers, also allow you to avoid zaps 100% of the time Looks like a glass cylindrical housing and 2 metal tips inside. One is solid mounted, the other is adjustable so you can make the gap larger or smaller. I’ve seen ones where you can set a gap to 2+ inches

[@ScannerDanner]

​@@jorgeantonini201I have two of them! But you can't do an rpm drop test with that tool!

[@daviddowns7552]

​@@ScannerDannerwhat is the best tool to use to do those tests? I appreciate it.

[@ScannerDanner]

​@@daviddowns7552 for an RPM drop test like I am showing, the test light is THE tool

[@The_Redkween]

😂 Sorry you got shocked, Paul but that made my day.

[@Portuguese-linguica]

I had a 2001 grand am SE 2.4 that used a waist spark system. It wasn't firing on 3 and upon inspection it had cracked on the inside. It was grounding out to the metal 2.4 cover witch explains why it shocked the caca out of me every time I touched it .

[@WhitefolksT]

LD9 with that damn goofy ignition system 😆

[@Portuguese-linguica]

@@WhitefolksT right . Mine kept running between 230 to 245 degrees yup redline. I don't know why . I Make sure the cooling system is clean all the air ducts proper . But it loved that redline even during winter . Finally got rid of it once it popped a piston out the side.

[@WhitefolksT]

@@Portuguese-linguica mine just jumped out of time at 185k miles... 2000 GrandAm :( debating on fixing it, granny's old family car

[@HawkeyeMobileAutoRepair]

We had our alero "Gerdy" for 7 years. Silver 4 door 2.4 ld9. Bought at auction for $1600 with 69k on the clock. Ran it up to 149k daily driving and towing a small trailer. I had just changed the water pump (timing was FUN, lol), radiator, alternator, suspension all around, rack out plus steering kit, cv axles, bearing assemblies all the way around, brake calipers/fresh pads, trans flush/filter, plugs/boots, 4 fresh tires always oil changed full syn every 3k, air filter every 10k, and im sure more I've forgotten. Last month the wife put her 10ft down into the creek. Oh well the frame is bent and with other previous wrecks the body work became the death blow. We picked up a "fresh" (read straight and clean body/frame) black 99 3.4 coupe that doesn't currently run for $500 bucks, and now whats thats left of Gerdy is up on the lift getting stripped out to put on the black one to rights. Honestly think black one just needs fresh gas, wish me luck. 😅

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

@@WhitefolksTThat has to be a Quad 4. Mine was always having ignition issues.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

*That got me a little bit!* LoL 😂😆 even the experience guys!!

[@손정민-v8k]

Outstanding job thanks

[@canadian_gamerzslol6174]

you dont need a test light see it not firing ...if cylinder is firing and you remove a plug wire the engine will change tone/studder ...if it does not change that means that cylinder is not fireing

[@ScannerDanner]

You never want to remove a plug wire without giving the spark somewhere to go! In this test we are looking for two things. 1. Rpm drops on each cylinder 2. The strength of the spark from each tower

[@davenichols9384]

Thanks for the info bro 😃👍

[@j-cole88]

Electrocution literally means that you died. There is no such thing as just shocked electrocution. The term is used incorrectly a lot. After I learned that I stopped saying it unless death occurred as a result.

[@joseluisbrache6652]

Thanks for the tip 👍

[@NSA-admin]

The cherry on top was the shock at the end. XD

[@donaldales7739]

Keep your body from touching the car and you won't get zapped....

[@mikemacek4470]

That got me. A little bit because I grabbed a hold of it😅😅 ❤ Because i've been shocked

[@michaelodonnell8306]

It's a shock. Electrocution means you were killed or severely wounded by a shock. Ignition is a pulse, high frequency by definition, and runs over the surface of your skin and a little into the muscle. Painful, not deadly. Not trying to give you a hard time but using the right words elevates your credibility.

[@ScannerDanner]

Man, if only I could go back in time 10 years. You're only the 30th person to remind me of my poor choice of words lol

[@zackbechtol2010]

Man I’ll never forget that feeling getting zapped by one of those😂 made my fingie go numb for a second

[@isalmankhan1]

Thanks for sharing SD😍😍😍

[@-Primer-]

Every man with a son, should shock his son with the push lawnmower spark plug wire, at least once. It's a great lesson on being self reliant.

[@ronniecox109]

OR charging up a condensor, and tossing it to a friend.

[@zm6301]

Learned that one on my own, age 12 or so, trying to put the wire back on before the engine stopped turning, got a few jolts, lol!

[@isaiahlangfords5574]

My boss told me to lick it to see if its warmi couldnt feel my tongue for 10 minutes

[@sammyroundtree4242]

If you don't have a test light another way you can tell is when you pull the plug wire if there's no change in the engine idle it's a big indicator as well

[@ScannerDanner]

For sure, but you wouldn't want to do that without giving the spark somewhere to go. Damage can occur in the coil itself or the module that controls it

[@justinfarris178]

@ScannerDanner What is the purpose of checking the other side for spark? I’m not familiar with block coil diagnostics.Thanks!

[@ScannerDanner]

If there is also no spark on the companion coil tower then you would absolutely focus on the primary control of that coil. Good spark on the other side, means primary control is fine

[@EasyGoingLife101]

I like that zap. Feels good. Anybody like the feeling of feeling for a light switch in the dark with a cover off and you just get a little buzz throughout your whole body 🎉😂

[@ViperSRTnACR]

Great video Dan! I would have opted for a test like with a boot to plug into the coil to prevent the shocks. 😅

[@ScannerDanner]

Thanks! My name is Paul Danner btw 😉

[@mountainhopper9573]

Got you. how many volts ??

[@ScannerDanner]

40kv but super low amperage. It is not dangerous unless you have a pacemaker

[@Sicktrickintuner]

These coils use the same high voltage coil for the opposite cylinder I’m assuming? Thus why if one side is working, both should technically be?

[@ScannerDanner]

That is correct. It's simply a secondary winding that is not electrically connected to the primary like conventional coils. So when the primary field collapses and we surge the secondary winding, the generated electron flow finds its return path through the block and other plug and wire.

[@Sicktrickintuner]

@@ScannerDanner ahh ok, so each plug has separate high voltage coils but get supplied from one 12V coil. Ahh makes sense

[@ScannerDanner]

​@@Sicktrickintuner3 separate ignition coils in this. 2 towers for each coil

[@thee_number_six6227]

The shock is only 12v DC, but it's got some amps behind it for a good kick.

[@ScannerDanner]

Voltage yes amperage no

[@fascistpedant758]

I've always assumed that an internal path to ground is almost always responsible for no spark at one terminal of a wasted spark coil, but can't the secondary circuit of the companion cylinder also be the cause? Would it be reasonable to ground the terminal of the companion before calling coil?

[@ScannerDanner]

An open plug or wire on a waste spark coil does have the ability to affect both sides of the circuit, at least in theory. The test light test I'm showing is eliminating that variable in the way it is being tested. I have a case study on one of these. I need to find it. I kept getting shocked every time I'd touch the open plug wire side from memory lol. Looking now EDIT Found it! This is going to be today's short 🙂 thank you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3evkoWalJqqmZosi=lBEG33y0zssg4mWo

[@gunztommiegunz]

A little bit? It’s a wicked jolt that continues to pulse until you let go! 😂 it hoits!

[@nealp.2841]

Electrocution is "Death by electricity".... you're only going to get shocked by that coil. It hurts like hell but it will not electrocute you!! There is, on the other hand, a wire that can and will electrocute if you were to touch it whilst the vehicle is running.. but that's on hybrid and electric vehicles..

[@LmanTrojan1212]

if you pull that boot off (on the good spark side) with no spark going to that cylinder is it just dumping unignited fuel into that cylinder the whole time you have that boot off?

[@ScannerDanner]

Yes sir, every ignition misfire does that. Unless the computer recognizes the exact cylinder and shuts the injector off

[@kuripotech461]

Where is the whole video of this sir?

[@ScannerDanner]

Linked in the short

[@pauberrymon5892]

That got me a little bit😂😂😂 don't matter if it was just a little bit, it still hurts like a firecracker popping in you finger. I took the breather lid off of an older model Pontiac with HEI, and it bit my finger, made hurt for a week.

[@ScannerDanner]

A week? I set up a waste spark ignition coil in my classroom and we used to shock each other daily

[@pauberrymon5892]

​@ScannerDanner Yep, the spark jumped about 1and a half inch and popped as loud as a firecracker. Nice strong High blue color, If I remember properly that system output was between 65Kv to 80Kv, it was the first gen hei with the coil in the distributor cap. Get yourself 1 of those and try it again with a 14.2 volt power supply which is what the operating voltage of a GM charging system operates at when running as it was when I got bit. Oh and do be sure to let me know if you do it twice. Video it if you dare. You have to hold a ground in the palm of your hand like I had with the breather lid in my hand and the engine running when you do it, if you think you are tough enough and are sure you can stand it.

[@RogueSmithersCouple]

It can very well be a death shock if your other hand is grounded and the current passes through your heart. I have PVCs (premature ventricular contractions) aka a premature heartbeat directly due to a Cadillac ignition coil with a leaking plug wire ... The amperage CAN KILL YOU

[@ScannerDanner]

No sir, not with an ignition coil. Doesn't matter. Amperage is too small.

[@craigcallaway1108]

Put short Pieces of vacuum hose from the coil into the boot start the engine, then touch it with the test light to ground Doing a cylinder balance test the further away from the hose Will give you a nice blue Ark about an inch away. If it’s a small, yellow spark, the coil is weak. We call it a poor man’s coil performance test

[@ScannerDanner]

I like the challenge more than fudging around with vacuum hoses 😉

[@fperri302]

Got an old pair of plug boot puller pliers .. soldered on a fat wire with and alligator clip on other end ...hook her to neg on battery and start pulling them off ... same principal but one ha nded

[@thomasscott4376]

I was thinking it could be a disconnected or bad spark plug wire too. Yes?

[@ScannerDanner]

No sir. Single cylinder misfire

[@jamesmix78]

Bad ECM’s will cause this same behavior though coil pack is the easiest fastest gamble. If that doesn’t fix it, open the ecm and you’ll probably see one of the transistors is swollen (bad)

[@ScannerDanner]

A bad ecm driver would cause a no spark on two towers, not one

[@travisjernigan8529]

What if they both didn't work? Would it then reconfirm it is bad?

[@jorgeantonini201]

If they were both bad you’d have misfires. Waste spark is designed to fire 2 cylinders simultaneously. One at compression( the normal time to fire a spark plug) and one at exhaust(why it’s called waste spark). It’s intended to help emissions by giving it extra spark jic it can still ignite possible unburned fuel in the exhaust.

[@travisjernigan8529]

@@jorgeantonini201 wow, things have gotten very complex. Better than having two spark plugs per cylinder. Thanks for explaining so well.

[@gordylocks]

Won’t the test light bulb burn out? Thanks

[@ScannerDanner]

No sir, not an incandescent bulb

[@petem6291]

When I went to the GM training center, they show you the same test with with siding paper clips under the boots. But you power brake the car to produce a load then do the cly short test.

[@Billybobaggins9]

Old ouch tester on a cap of a 90’s pathfinder was pretty easy diag, I just wanted to see if the plug wires were seated.

[@PORTEDLEAF]

That a 2.3 ranger?

[@ScannerDanner]

3.8 Chrysler engine

[@timothyball3144]

Funny that you mention that because that was the engine where I first used this test. The second aftermarket coil actually worked. Lol

[@tbkilb01]

GOAT

[@brianb5779]

Amazing how far spark can jump. I had it jump almost 2 feet when trying to move a wire to keep from it getting caught up in a belt in school. That sucker looked and sounded like lightening when it got me. I def can say I pee'd a little when it happened 😂

[@ScannerDanner]

2 ft? What were you working on?

[@perrylankford4269]

Must've been 480V 3 phase..

[@Dave5843-d9m]

400v won’t jump very far. 11KV used on local transmission lines will.

[@brianb5779]

@ScannerDanner For some reason my reply to you never posted and just saw it didnt. We were doing open kv testing if i remember correctly (was like almost 30 years ago) and i think car was 50kv plus coils. While car was running the open plug wire (plug wire removed from spark plug) the vibration was causing the wire to start to possibly fall into belt/fan so i grabbed it back as far as i could to move it away and all i saw was looked like lightening come out of the plug end and come all the way to my hand and WHACK, WHACK WHACK before i threw my hand up smacking under the hood while the entire class looked at me and i tried to play cool and play it off. Guess my hand at that distance was least path of resistance.

[@HawkeyeMobileAutoRepair]

Some people are more conductive than others. Once upon a time in freshman science class the teacher brought in a static procucing machine that continually rubbed two sheets of wool together to produce a real static shock! When testing it some peple could be conductive from as fas as 10 ft, while most werent shocked before the 2ft mark. Coulda been the shoes we had on. Lol

[@nezerac]

96 for Thunderbird ignition coils pack a huuuuuuge punch!

[@dakotalong1015]

Just watching that I can feel it

[@wesman7837]

Is that an old test light, or did you just pull the bulb out of it?

[@ScannerDanner]

It is a working and still functional incandescent bulb test light

[@bryanst.martin7134]

HEI ignition system was named after the exclamations of the early testers. New word for OW!

[@Daniel-ou4fb]

I've been shocked by the coil on my old 5.3L Jeep, and it stung like a mf.

[@shadetree6705]

I have SVT, the last time I got bit really good it took a while to get my heart rate back down, lol.

[@fredautos]

Yay, needs an ignition coil😅

[@douglasdale2940]

Use an inductive pick up timing light and pull the trigger. No worry of getting zapped!

[@ScannerDanner]

This is a poor test at best. You can have weak spark that will still fire off a timing light.

[@xu2wk8uj9p]

I felt it. I've been electrocuted by a tow behind trailer before. That was electrifying. 😂

[@stevenmckinney5009]

How about checking for a bad plug wire

[@ScannerDanner]

In this case my test light would be the plug wire.

[@joeythemechanic2504]

Same deal if you have no spark on that other side to right or are you saying more test need to be done????

[@ScannerDanner]

More tests are needed if you are missing spark on both sides. The primary control circuit would need to be verified

[@shawnpedri7948]

Wouldn't it make sense to swap that coil to another location to make sure it's not a wiring issue?

[@ScannerDanner]

Good question. In this case no, as one side of the same coil is firing, so this confirms the primary side is functioning normally. Also, you can't swap these coils. It's all one assembly (3 coils in one housing)

[@1waukesha]

Ah shit, just gotta man up and take it! Makes ya feel alive! Lol. Thats how I test for spark sometimes on an old snowmobile, stick my thumb over the boot and tell him Ok! PULLER!! ZAPP! Oh YEAH, she got spark!!

[@cheapers1952]

He's absolutely right nothing else needed at this point but let's say both sides didn't spark ⁉️

[@ScannerDanner]

If both sides don't spark, next step is to check for coil primary control. Good control = bad coil. No control = open wire or PCM driver issue. Or in rare circumstances an input issue (cam/crank)

[@jonathanbaxter5821]

Or you could just pull the lead off and note that the engine doesn’t change. And does change when you pull the back one. Although if it was really not firing on two cylinders that would have been obvious too.

[@ScannerDanner]

You always want to give the spark somewhere to go

[@charlkoopman4885]

'⚡️ it got me a lil bit...

[@HeadFlowInc]

Use the clamp on an old school timing light bud!! If it’s got spark the light flashes…. No flash no spark zero danger. Come on young gun! 👍👍

[@ScannerDanner]

1.Weak spark can still trigger a timing light, making that test useless for what we are looking for. 2. I'm performing an RPM drop test to ID which cylinder is misfiring, again, something a timing light would be useless for. Watch the full length case study linked in the short!

[@boboften9952]

" we call those the former girl friend " " ...... No Spark "

[@ScannerDanner]

😂

[@royfrye2871]

My son asked me how do you know if your plug wires are bad, I told him to go out and start his car and grab hold of each one. You will know😂😂

[@arthurr8670]

On one car I found out because I opened the hood one night with the engine running. Yep I saw all the sparks along every wire. I just did what I came to do and closed it up as it was running just fine.

[@DaRoo7mile]

Ikr it's the weirdest feeling in the world ⚡

[@bigdog2084]

Uhhh. My guess is by now there's a safer way to TEST properly. Probably something like an ohms..resistance tested ect

[@ScannerDanner]

I've seen MANY bad coils pass a resistance test

[@johnrambo1227]

Forget slapping competitions. I want sparkplug wire grapping competition.

[@metalsurgeon9196]

That engine, coils, intake gaskets, transmission speed sensors oil changes.

[@ScannerDanner]

Shorted VSS wiring 😉

[@metalsurgeon9196]

​@@ScannerDanneran outlier! Those things are a beast wish I had two with good bodies!

[@thewrencherz28racer92]

My father would test ignition but just pull the wire right off the coil or spark terminal.... sure he would get bit on occasion, but he would laugh when it happened. And when I'd ask if it hurts, he'd say.... It's just electricity... I was like DA FUGGGG?!!

[@TribalBigMac]

Scanner Danner the diagnostic master

[@MrMK211516]

I've been shocked my 120 ac house electricity, and by a coil pack. Coil pack made me almost drop. As I was going down I let go and managed to catch myself. Ac just tickled me.

[@TakeAGuessWhatsNext]

So if both sides dont spark whats the cause

[@ScannerDanner]

Thought I answered this one?

[@TakeAGuessWhatsNext]

@@ScannerDanner didn't see or hear it. If you don't want to say it again that's fine. I'll keep looking

[@ScannerDanner]

I answered in the wrong spot. Here you go... Next would be to verify coil - control from the PCM and the result of that test would dictate the next move. Possiblities for no spark on both towers of a waste spark coil, car still runs but a 2 cylinder misfire... 1.Bad coil 2.open or shorted coil - control wire 3.open or shorted PCM coil driver 4. An input problem (crank sensor with a reluctor issue)

[@TakeAGuessWhatsNext]

@@ScannerDanner your the best thanks bro

[@blakecable7088]

The definition of ain't scared

[@jesuscardenas2737]

Yeah we seen it get ya 😂😂

[@AtlasReburdened]

"And this is not like, death electrocution" Electro: electricity Cution: death Electrocution: death by electricity. The word you're looking for is "shocked", not electrocuted.

[@ScannerDanner]

Yes sir

[@JosephCowen-fz8vj]

But heres my point if one side of that coil is sparking something is very wrong , that system spark goes out one side of the coil through the lead jumps the plug gap goes through the block jumps the dead cylinder on exhaust back through the other lead back to the other side of the coil , it cant work on one side and not the other !!! It needs a full circuit! If its jumping one one side how is it getting back to coil ???

[@ScannerDanner]

It has a return path through the housing of the coil. This is actually very common

[@JosephCowen-fz8vj]

@@ScannerDanner I assumed it was the style like the 3.8 Buick V6 the coil has 2 high voltage terminals , and no ground on the coil , it goes out one terminal jumps the plug on firing cylinder through the block jumps the plug in its companion cylinder that dead ( on exhaust) back through a lead to the other side of the same coil ! So this one is like old coils ? One side of the high voltage is grounded and the other to a lead .

[@skrypture1162]

Just swap coils if the misfire changes to the cylinder that you put the suspected coil pack on viola!

[@ScannerDanner]

You can't swap coils on this model. It's all one unit.

[@skrypture1162]

@@ScannerDanner oh that sucks! The method you used is the way to go then, happy wrenching

[@garycili6989]

Funniest video in a while 👍

[@polloman15]

The spark plug electrocution is mandatory 😎

[@alexanderthegrape5370]

Scanner Danner king of antiquated machines 😅

[@ScannerDanner]

100% still a useful tool and method 🙄

[@Jason-ws3cd]

Ohh spark plug wires those were nice

[@petescustomcarshop]

I use fuse puller.

[@WhitefolksT]

Niceeeee

[@pandamanrodriguez9060]

I’m assuming test light is going to ground?

[@ScannerDanner]

Yes sir. You always want to give the spark somewhere to go

[@dubsbarry9963]

Actually, electrocution means death by electricity. The term was created when the electric chair was invented. Otherwise, we're just talking electric shock

[@raggy-raggy]

Those sparks lit me up thru some 10kv rated electrical rubber gloves. It was that moment, I knew I facked up.

[@dalebills9470]

😂