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Get a multimeter and put it on the ohm setting. Touch the wire with one probe and the engine block with the other lead, if the meter reads anything but OL, it's shorted to ground.

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To determine if a wire is grounding out, use a multimeter set to test for continuity or a short circuit. Place one probe on the wire you suspect is grounding out and the other on a known ground point. If the multimeter beeps or shows a reading of zero ohms, the wire is grounding out.

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