At 08:04 PM 5/9/2000 -0400, Michael E. Blair wrote:
>.... Car runs fine, 20 mins later it is popping and missing terrible. Park
it, let it sit for 15 mins and it runs great again. .... I am thinking
maybe the coil is breaking down after heating up ....
Yup, coils do often fail in that mode, crap when hot and better when cooled
down. It won't last long though, maybe a hundred miles more and it gets
much worse, and soon it won't run at all. Time for a new coil. OTOH, a
bad condenser can also cause similar symptoms.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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