When turning the key on on a 97 Ford Taurus 3.0 should there be 12 volt at the coil pack plug in?

Asked by Wolfman9000 Mar 09, 2018 at 09:21 PM about the 1997 Ford Taurus

Question type: General

I have replaced the crank sensor the
fuel pump fuel filter O2 sensor
camshaft sensor the whole unit spark
plugs have been changed to new ones
and gapped went to start it and no
start ran a test light 412 volts to my
plug in to my coil pack with the key on
no light is there a fuse or a relay why
I'm not getting juice to my coil pack
plug in. Anything would help

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5 volts to the crank position sensor sounds about right to me . Remember the sensor sends a signal to the ECM which works on about 5 volts not 12

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