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2002 Toyota Camry L4 2.4 No Start Help Request

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1 year 8 months ago #64486 by emagic
I have a L4 2.4 2002 Camry that ran fine until one morning when attempting to go to work. It turns over fine but won't start. Like fuel pump failure or spark failure. 
I replaced fuel pump which was easy but didn't fix it. So then I pulled the Spark Plug Coils and found the cavities full of oil. I replaced valve cover gasket b/c it was leaking bad.
I'm unable to detect any spark. I didn't smell any burn on the coil packs and got similar readings on each one. See coil pic for pin # scheme I use in my readings here.

Each coil read about the same Ohms as what is here: Pin 1 = 7.2 M, Pin 2 = 7.2 Pin 3 = 3.4 and pin 4 = 7.2.
 

Am I checking the coils correctly? and how do I determine what is a valid reading?  If they are good, would you steer me to the next item to check?

Thanks!

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1 year 8 months ago #64488 by juergen.scholl
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If the M stands for megohms and 3 out of the 4 pins truly are at 3ish and 7ish ohms then your coils would be bad. But with this kind of faults - IFGT, IGF circuits affected - you should have fault codes registered in the engine computer.

Make sure your resistance measurements are correct.

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