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Anonymous Posted on Nov 12, 2008

1998 Buick Lesabre How do you test the coil packs?

I asked earlier if you could set the timing on a Buick Lesabre 1998, and I was told no, because eack one has a coil pack and if one is bad it could prevent the car from starting. How do you check the coil packs? to know which one is bad.

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The coils are one integrated block with 3 separate segments. the coil pack is mounted to the ignition module and can be unbolted from each other. one can test the coils from the underside of the coilpack with a dvom. having said that your car should still start if one paired coil fails, it would however miss on one or two cylinders. I would suggest to scan for codes, monitor live sensor data to see if you have a valid crank signal, check fuel pressure and spark voltage

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