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Avoid smoke-use an test meter (archive)
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Posted by RonW on November 27, 2000 at 16:05:22:

In Reply to: Re: smoke from engine, about the starter posted by thomas on November 27, 2000 at 15:42:33:

The battery test is destructive. Stop it. Instead, put an ohmmeter in place of the battery- positive to positive, negative to negative. Then start poking around.

With the ignition off, you should see very high resistance, like 1 kohm or more. If you get instant smoke I'd guess you'll see less than 100 ohms, and probably a dead short.

My guess is that anything that would cause instant smoke would have blown a fuse if there were a fuse in line with the problem.

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