Solenoid Coils

Prolonged exposure to intense current, excessive fluctuation and transmission liquid overtime can cause solenoid coils wear out and go bad. You can use a digital multimeter – a user-friendly tool that comes with few steps on how to use it.

A coil is simply a wire in the shape of circular or spiral while solenoid an electromagnet coil in the shape of helix that generates a uniform magnetic field when electric current flows through it. 

To check solenoid coils, you can use a digitally-advance multimeter which measures current (amps), voltage (volts), and resistance (ohms). Set your multimeter on ‘ohms’ and place the probes across the pins of solenoid coils by reading instructions. If it shows O ohms, that means the coil is shorted.