What happens when an ignition coil goes bad on a Mitsubishi?
When one or several ignition coils on your Mitsubishi (or Chrysler Sebring or Dodge Stratus) have gone BAD, you’ll know right away. Your vehicle will display one of the following symptoms: The car will run and idle rough. No power as you accelerate the car down the road.
Do you need scan tool for Mitsubishi ignition coil?
Testing the Coil-On-Plug (COP) ignition coils on your Mitsubishi vehicle (or Chrysler Sebring or Dodge Stratus) doesn’t require any expensive testing equipment or expensive tools. As mentioned at the beginning of the article, you don’t need a scan tool.
What causes a no spark condition on a Mitsubishi?
Misfire codes that are lighting up the check engine light (CEL) on your instrument cluster. Rotten egg smell coming out of the tail-pipe. When the crankshaft position sensor goes bad on your Mitsubishi vehicle, the car will crank but NOT start. Usually this will cause a No Spark Condition on all of the cylinders. What Tools Do I Need?
What happens when the ignition coil is activated?
Now, when the ignition coil is activated to spark, it feeds spark to two engine cylinders at the exact same time. So then, in a nutshell, when you turn the key to crank and start the car, this is what happens: The engine starts to crank, inducing the crankshaft position sensor to start producing its crank signal.
How does a coil on plug ignition coil work?
This Triggering Signal contains the instructions for the transistor (within each ignition coil) to start firing the ignition coil it’s a part of. Each Coil-On-Plug (COP) ignition coil then fires spark to two different cylinders at the exact same time (in what’s known as the Waste Spark method).
Can a spark plug be removed from the ignition coil?
Using a regular spark plug will give a false test result that’ll have you chasing the wrong diagnostic path/conclusion and in the process wasting time and money. Do not remove the spark plug wire from the spark plug or the ignition coil while the engine is cranking to test for spark. This method will ruin the ignition coil.