coil resistance

[Ti Kan]

Simplstupd at aol.com writes:
> The primary resistance # max should be .76 ohms.  Mine is at 1 ohm.  My
> secpndary  resistance # was in spec. Yet I have no problems at all on this
> engine other than slow to start when cold.

Your reading may not be out of spec.  Many meters (except the fancier,
expensive ones) read a fraction of an ohm even when you short the two leads
together.  Try that, and if you read something like 0.24 ohm resistance,
then the actual resistance of the coil would be right on target.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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