Yes, you can test it by jumping power and ground to the solenoid with the engine running. You will here it click and also the engine at idle will run poorly, almost stalls. It's either on or off, not variable. If I'm not mistaken it's always provided power, the engine control unit will provide a ground when it wants it activated.

Gilly

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