11 replies to this topic

[brettyboy79]

hi does anybody know why my car keeps stalling at junction and my coil is red hot to touch , the car runs and starts fine apart from these its on a 84 mayfair cheers

[delboyeire]

generally a coil starts getting hot when its on its way out i think

[Dan]

A coil is a 12v to 30,000v electrical tranformer. They get hot, this is not unusual. If it's getting to the point where you can't touch it, there may be something wrong though. Is it the right coil for the car? Is it connected properly?

[brettyboy79]

yeah defo right coil for car 12v was working fine just all of a sudden went wrong all wires still on ect

[Dan]

12v is likely to be the wrong coil for this car, '84 was the introduction of ballasted ignition. What colour is the coil wiring?

[Ethel]

It could be the coil but it could equally be anything downstream of the coil. Have a look at the points and condenser first.

If you have a meter you could check the dwell angle, as well as the resistance of the coil's windings.

[brettyboy79]

new points n condenser 2 months ago and looks like the wiring as been bypassed for 12 v coil as a mini specialist said earlier

[Ethel]

New bits are prone to failure just like old ones, especially stuff without moving parts to wear.

Have you got a meter, or at least a test light? Turn the engine to open the points and check that there's no current flowing by putting your tester in the wire between the dizzy & coil.

[grumpy2]

I wouldn't trust your new points and condensor. easy enough to change and see what happens. Had exactly the same on an old MG, dodgy condensor was the cause.

G

[brettyboy79]

ive got a new condenser here so will put it on and try will also get new coil as well just in case ive fryed the other one

[brettyboy79]

[ put new condenser on no diffrence, checked points they are ok,all wiring in place, coil still getting hot and still stalling when i rev and take foot off accelerator ,please help im stuck lol

[dklawson]

Dan asked earlier what the color codes on the coil wires were. You said a Mini specialist said the coil was right, but please post the wire color codes and any part numbers you can identify on the coil.