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Wtf is happening

Qualifying vs Quantifying.

Indeed. Different tools for different jobs.

I am starting to use my LED test light more and more. Recently, I confirmed an ECU controlled circuit with a bidirectional scan tool and my LED test light and confirmed the power wire was good and the PWM low reference side was good. Condemning solenoid!
 
I am starting to use my LED test light more and more. Recently, I confirmed an ECU controlled circuit with a bidirectional scan tool and my LED test light and confirmed the power wire was good and the PWM low reference side was good. Condemning solenoid!

I have a really nice meter with sweep, record, min/max, etc. (So this obviously biases my approach to diagnosis).

It was a (incredibly useful) gift from my dad when I started working on cars. The scope I bought for myself was not as useful...

Anyway, there are more ways than one to peel a banana :-)
 
I just got a large jaw amp clamp to connect to oscilloscopes to do relative compression testing. Next time I suspect a dead hole deep in an engine and I don't wanna pull the plugs...busting out the scope!

I still maintain that a cheap test lamp is a better tool for measuring B+ power to a component such as a tank fuel pump. OP could measure 12v on a Fluke meter and the pump still may not operate.
 
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