- 1. symptoms (score: 1)
- Author: Malcolm Jeffcock <mjeffcock@tru.eastlink.ca>
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:13:18 -0300
- What are symptoms of a bad coil ? My car has been acting odd, once warm it sputters and coughs at about 3,000rpm, if I slip it out of gear allowing revs to drop to about 1,000 it is fine until it cl
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- 2. RE: symptoms (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:45:19 -0500
- Definitely one of the ways a bad coil can act. If you have electronic ignition, also could be a bad amp or incorrectly set air gap in the pickup. If it has points, check that the points are OK and th
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- 3. Re: symptoms (score: 1)
- Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:55:17 -0500
- Yeah, an old coil can do that. As the internal windings break down the thin insulation and proceed to short some windings together, it can draw higher current and generate more heat while making a we
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- 4. Re: symptoms (score: 1)
- Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:18:56 -0500
- Dead giveaway on bad coils is they almost always fail under load, but often will run fine at idle. -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- JJ Cale Live CD and video: http://www.rocky-frisco.com/calelive
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- 5. Re: symptoms (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:27:19 +0100
- Generally if the coil or elsewhere in the ignition LT is going intermittent it shows on the tach by dropping to zero even though the momentum of the car is still spinning the engine. Electric tachs o
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00066.html (7,739 bytes)
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