Re: [Healeys] Jaguar prablem

[Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>]

My folks had the same problem with their LS, except the car would die outright 
instead of just limp (really inconvenient when merging on a busy freeway). 
Found a website where a pro mechanic had captured the problem with elaborate 
diagnostic equipment--a failing coil or two can cause a voltage spike on the 
primary ignition circuit which knocked the ECU unconscious! Eight new coils 
solved the problem. 

That's a well-known problem with the LS--have heard of people picking up 
creampuffs on the cheap and installing new coils and getting a really nice car 
for next-to-nothing (my folks were ready to dump theirs until we found the 
problem). 

Bob 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

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I had nearly the same problem with a Lincoln LS a few years ago, it turned 
out to be two bad coil packs. The miss caused the car to go into limp mode 
which also shuts the ac compressor off. 
George Vernau 
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