Any advice on checking a relay? I think you can take a Fluke meter and check the continuity??

Basically I have CEL0411. Couldn't find the problem. Went to Honda and got it diagnosed and was the Air Pump itself and relay. Ok so I bought the parts off of a guy that went FI. When changing the parts I might (yes I am a dumbass) put the bad relay back in. I went to pull up the manual online to make sure I wired it back up correctly before installing and probably picked up the wrong relay because they were sitting beside each other

Anyway to test the extra one I have without pulling the bumper off again?

 

yeah you can take a meter (it doesn't necessarily have to be fluke) and set it to measure continuity in the circuit. It probably wouldn't hurt to double check your wiring too. Just to play it safe.

 

Put the meter on ohms and pull a measurement across the coil pins. it should be between 2 - 30 ohms. the contacts will either be normally open, or normally closed. You may have to apply 12v across the coil to cycle it while checking the contacts for continuity. That being said, 95% of the time if the relay clicks, with 12v across the coil, it's good.

 

Thanks guys, I will check it again when I go back to my parents house. Dad is an electriction so that is why I said use a Fluke meter. I swipe his, LOL.

 

 

Thanks!