The white with black stripe was shorting out so I thought it was a ground so I grounded it to the chassis and every since did that I am not getting my keyed ignition power to the ignition coil. Any help of where to start would be greatly appreciated.
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There is no white with a black stripe involved in the ignition circuit.
https://easyautodiagnostics.com/gm/4.8L-5.3L-6.0L/ignition-system-circuit-schematic-1
If you grounded a wire that was live, you will have blown a fuse that feeds it. You can only get a FULL wiring diagram from a Service Manual. Test the fuses with a multimeter set to ohms without removing them using the the two contacts in the top of the fuses. Video show how.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf1Bd6C2xSQ
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Never use ohms on any live circuit or blow up the meter
in this case, use only volts and is 100% safe for meter and car
and 12vdc is bad., 0v good
some fuses are dead key off , key on and no 12vdc across those
a fuse is a perfect short and in hand 0 ohms is safe to do.
but tedious pulling 50 + fuse in my car
so I use volts only. beside seeing blown to H3Ll with eyes on.
and smoke there too (fuse element smoked)
if the fuse is blown , 12vdc is there, and the ohm meter blows up.
hot all times fuses scads.
end electronic 101 class. (day 1)
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Where does this white with black stripe wire come from, where is it located on the engine or vehicle ? The ignition system wiring diagram show a white with black trace from the ignition control module to the coil . If this is the wire you grounded, you probably fried the ICM - ignition control module. The pink wire at the coil is the hot (battery voltage) wire. Gets battery voltage from INJ 2 fuse 15amp. -location under hood fuse box. The white with black wire is control - triggers the coil . INJ 1 fuse is probably blown - supplies voltage to the ignition control module , grounding the white with black trace may have caused it to blow.
Ignition Coil and ICM
The ICM is connected to the PCM by an ignition control (IC) circuit. The ICM also has a ground circuit and shares an ignition 1 voltage supply with the ignition coil. The coil driver in the ICM controls current through the ignition coil based on signal pulses from the PCM. There is no back-up or by-pass function in the ICM.
shorting wires willynilly will burn out a fuse if lucky or blows up the PCM,
no tech one earth does that, ASE class day1.
never do this.... okay
some cars have $3000 of electronics on board
we never do that ever.
in fact the service manual; tells that and even says use no 1960s' bunk testlamp probes here or blow up the pCM ,bcm etc you will.
hot-wiring anything here is dead wrong acts.
yes I hot wire starters soles still but with the tiny wire pulled,,
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