On a 2000 Ford Windstar ( 3.0L and 3.8L V6 engines )
The 6 towers on the coil pack are numbered :
coil-----3 - 4
pack----2 - 6
plug-----1 - 5
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Also , the engine cylinder locations are numbered :
firewall
1-----2-----3
4-----5-----6
front of vehicle > driver
On a 1998 Ford Windstar ( 3.0 and 3.8 ) There is ( 1 ) coil pack that has six towers for the spark plug wires Both engines use the ( Motorcraft DGE-456 coil pack ) Also , the six towers on the coil pack are numbered : coil-----3 - 4 pack----2 - 6 plug-----1 - 5 -------------------------------------------------------- The engine cylinder locations are numbered : firewall 1-----2-----3 4-----5-----6 front of vehicle > driver
firewall 4 - 8 3 - 7 2 - 6 1 - 5 front
firewall 4 - 8 3 - 7 2 - 6 1 - 5 front
The 2000 Blazer with the 4.3 engine has one coil.
Thee is no distributor on vehicles with coil over plug packs
The 3.8 liter V6 engine in a 2002 Ford Windstar has : ( 1 coil pack that has six towers for the spark plug wires ) * it uses the Electronic Distributorless Ignition System ( EDIS )
are the coil packs numbered for firing order on 1998 ford 4.6
In a 2000 Ford Taurus , the 3.0 liter " Duratec " DOHC - V6 has the Coil On Plug ( C.O.P. ) ignition system . So there are ( 6 coil packs )
the coil packs are numbered per cylinder
Coil packs can be checked for resistance with an ohm meter. If the pack is breaking down due to load or heat problems then the only way to check is to change it out. If the Windstar is a two pack model then you can swap the packs to see if the problem follows the cylinders that the possibly bad coil pack are now controlling.
See "Related Questions" below for more discussions on coil packs, misfires, etc.
The 5.4L has 8 coil packs one on each spark plug. The 4.6L has only 2 coil block packs.