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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Coil problem? sprung a leak!?

Posted by: Philip W. Apr 21 2011, 07:10 AM

Anyone ever had a coil leak?

for the past 2 months car has run flawlessly, except for the clutch cable adjustment that had to be made last week, but 2 days ago, suddenly car started to miss, run really rough on the way home from work- was running fine in a.m. and leaving work, so i stop in parking lot at the hardware store.
seemed to be electrical, nothing obvious, but that night i figure either points or coil??
had a 69 austin healy that would act the same way, had a bad coil, - i pull the coil and it is sloshing- half empty of the insulating oil, apparently cracked and had been leaking out!! this coil was only 1 year old but NOT a bosch.

Anyone ever heard of a coil doing that?
put in a bosch coil- seems to run fine now!

wierd!

Posted by: vsg914 Apr 21 2011, 07:20 AM

In the old days it was not that uncommon. Haven't seen one leak in years. Maybe your car is telling you to keep bosch electrical parts in your ignition?

Posted by: Drums66 Apr 21 2011, 11:22 AM

.....It happened to me once, back in.........
good you are up and running!
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