Coils = Lightning at Night

[Robo's]

Well after trying to fix my coils with coating the clear part of the coil with silicon, it did fix it somewhat with no mid range misses. So ive upped the boost and seem to get a few other problems , but thats another story.

I decided to leave the coil cover off, and when i got home in darkness had a look underneath for spark. And to my discovery, ive saw lightning on about 4 coils. Will check it again tomorrow night for a better check.

Looks like im up for a new set.

[Roy]

Cool...i saw the same thing in the movie Wraith. If its good enough for Charlie Sheen its good enough for me.

So they can get that bad can they?

[awurth]

use some Co-Contact cleaner. I was thinking of the same idea about the silcone coating but never did it. My gts-t and GTR did it but just spray them off with the co-contect cleaner and maybe use a soft cloth that should stop the tracking should stop the coil shorting to earth.

[Zahos]

you covered the wrong part of the coil.

the clear part never cracks AFAIK.

It is the side opposite to the clear part that cracks.

these photo's from a thread I posted show where they usually crack.

[Robo's]

you covered the wrong part of the coil.

 the clear part never cracks AFAIK.

 It is the side opposite to the clear part that cracks.

 

these photo's from a thread I posted show where they usually crack.

 

 

I couldnt find any cracks on the body of the coil as shown in your pic. I found a few little marks on the clear part though. If thats the case i pull them out one by one and try and fix them. Its annoying

[SLY33]

Zahos, thats exactly where my crack was. Robo, The cracks are tiny and you might over look them. Whereever they are, once you correctly insulate them, you problem should be gone.

lol at roy!

[Robo's]

i studied them for about an hour under some good light. I might just do it for the sake of it anyway

[Zahos]

yeah, just do it anyway. I had 2 coils that were still causing misfire, and I could not see the crack there. So I did those 2 anyway and problem solved.

You might as well do them all, just incase.

[Robo's]

Is a hi temp silicon ok?

[Slide]

Cool...i saw the same thing in the movie Wraith. If its good enough for Charlie Sheen its good enough for me.  

So they can get that bad can they?

off topic but

havent watched the movie for a while but what was the car i cant remember?

[thizzle]

arent u supposed to earth them somehow b4 u uncover??

maybe bull shit to get more $$ outta me iono

but so much coil talk i posted a pic

THIS A F**D COIL if your looks da same time for new ones

sparks jumpin from coil to coil not goin threw them to the plugs

see da white shit were it looks melted

[fane]

is this the crack?

what is the problem with this one, visually?

[thizzle]

see the white on the surface were its looks melted...sparks jumping from coil 2 coil

not running threw them to the plugs...

mine was misfiring like hell, got splitfires, prob solved...

[Robo's]

Mine has a few burnt marks like that, not that bad though, but you can see the odd color

[Zahos]

Hey fane

I have outlined the area's I appliead araldite in red.

[SLY33]

fane, the cracked flaked off paint isnt the issue (as the paint came off of most of mine when i pulled them out! Zahos has the spot.

Slide, Its a Dodge Turbo Interceptor!

[fane]

thanks guys...

[Robo's]

I had a look last night in the dark. There were at least 4 coils that where lightning up at idle. To my amazement i can still see no cracks. I can see some burnt marks on the side of the coil however, so ive put a bit of araldite on it for some sealent. I will put them back on tonight too see if its worked.

[fane]

keep us posted.

[RBVS]

all my coil packs glow blue when you look down the gaps around them. but my car doesnt miss????

has anyone ealse got there coil cover off. have a look at night and tell me if you can see a flickering glow. my car seems to be a little down on power when compared to other cars with the same set up.