Q: No spark from the ignition coil

asked by on June 02, 2016

I have changed the tfi and ik for sure the pip is sending a signal but for some reason I don't think I'm getting a signal to my coIL to spark it is a new coil also

My car has 132000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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