2010 Yukon XL 5.3 No Power to Coil

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Hello again people. I am trying to get my 10 Yukon back running again. It was crashed and totalled a few months back but still ran. Replaced needed and got it going. I was driving it around over 200+ miles to set the IM for vehicle inspection. Ran fine until all of a sudden it had a cyl 4 misfire and the usual traction control lights come up. Checked for spark and had none. Swapped coil, plug wire and plug... Nothing. Called a GM tech and he gave me general voltage info at the coil plug pin 1 gnd, pin 2 12vdc. I only have ground, not 12 volt reference, no trigger signal. I want to trace out the wires but cant find a wiring diagram with the correct pinouts at the ecu and coil. all I can find id the wiring to IC4 control pin #76 Dk Grn/ Wh. that much i understand. the plug on the coil does not have a Dk Grn/ white wire on it. I want to try and trace out this circuit before I have to spend $250 for another ECU.
 

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Hello again people. I am trying to get my 10 Yukon back running again. It was crashed and totalled a few months back but still ran. Replaced needed and got it going. I was driving it around over 200+ miles to set the IM for vehicle inspection. Ran fine until all of a sudden it had a cyl 4 misfire and the usual traction control lights come up. Checked for spark and had none. Swapped coil, plug wire and plug... Nothing. Called a GM tech and he gave me general voltage info at the coil plug pin 1 gnd, pin 2 12vdc. I only have ground, not 12 volt reference, no trigger signal. I want to trace out the wires but cant find a wiring diagram with the correct pinouts at the ecu and coil. all I can find id the wiring to IC4 control pin #76 Dk Grn/ Wh. that much i understand. the plug on the coil does not have a Dk Grn/ white wire on it. I want to try and trace out this circuit before I have to spend $250 for another ECU.
the coil pack harness is where you want to start, the harness can be replaced if determined to be bad, or fix the break in the wire.
usually it is the ground that goes bad
 
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the coil pack harness is where you want to start, the harness can be replaced if determined to be bad, or fix the break in the wire.
usually it is the ground that goes bad
The "tech" i talked too told me everything was referenced to ground. Ohmed the black wire out and it was grounded. Engine running I am supposed to have a 12 vdc signal one pin 1, pin 2 is supposed to be trigger. cant detect that with DVOM. started probing with scope and have no 12 vdc or trigger on that plug only. I dont know how the harness runs on this thing but I want to check every connection end to end before spending money on a ecu. Checked the pinouts on the ecu plug and the wire colors according to GMC do not match at all. I do have 2 other vehicles that I can use but I like my Yukon mainly because it can tow more than my 3/4 ton truck.
 

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The 12VDC isssue should be in the coil harness since they all connect to the same PINK wire.

Looks like there is BROWN/WHITE ECM ground (as well as the BLACK chassis ground) and a DARK GREEN/WHITE trigger.

What color is the trigger wire?
The diagam shown is an '08, but I don't think that would change over the years..
 

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The "tech" i talked too told me everything was referenced to ground. Ohmed the black wire out and it was grounded. Engine running I am supposed to have a 12 vdc signal one pin 1, pin 2 is supposed to be trigger. cant detect that with DVOM. started probing with scope and have no 12 vdc or trigger on that plug only. I dont know how the harness runs on this thing but I want to check every connection end to end before spending money on a ecu. Checked the pinouts on the ecu plug and the wire colors according to GMC do not match at all. I do have 2 other vehicles that I can use but I like my Yukon mainly because it can tow more than my 3/4 ton truck.
the coil requires 12v to fire, ground is common for 4 on one side and 4 on the other side.
the ecm is not going to fire 7 of them and not the 8th, broken wire somewhere
start by checking continuity between the coil and the harness connector
like this
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the coil requires 12v to fire, ground is common for 4 on one side and 4 on the other side.
the ecm is not going to fire 7 of them and not the 8th, broken wire somewhere
start by checking continuity between the coil and the harness connector
like this
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I have continuity from coil to that connector all 4 wires. Between there and ecu is where i lose it. Could not locate the trigger wire st ecu plug with those colors
 

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I have continuity from coil to that connector all 4 wires. Between there and ecu is where i lose it. Could not locate the trigger wire st ecu plug with those colors
trace it from the pins on the coil harness, unwrap the harness a little bit so you can see the colors, then probe back from there
 

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The diagrams I see show the grounds on one end and the power and trigger on the other.
Try Pin 4 and see if you have power there, since you say you have ground on pin 1.
 
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