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Re: ignition system volages Sat, 17 July 2004 12:09 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Check that you have not only have a good contact set and condensor, but the internal terminals of your cap are clean, the rotor button is in good condition and the HT leads are all good.

Sparks down the side of the coil can be from a number of causes.
1) Your coil is dirty and cause tracking (sparks) along the dirt, Solution clean the coil.
2) There is excessively high resistance through the rotor/cap contact, leads etc resulting in the spark taking the path of least resistance (down the side of the coil), Solution, change damaged components.
3) Again excessively high resitance due to stuffed plugs/incorrect plugs, Solution put in new plugs.
4) As fade-e said, the coil tower has been cracked resulting in tracking, Solution change coil.

[Updated on: Sat, 17 July 2004 12:11]

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