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[daryl_crossley]

hi there again...havn't been in this section for a long time

while driving home on motorway today the car began misfiring very badly so managed to nurse it under a bridge to avoid the rain and set about changing the coil..... 5 mins later we were back up and running and got home.

been out again tonight and went to put my foot down in 4th and it spluttered like before but then rectified itself and has run around and got me home again..... but got a bad feeling this coil isnt going to last too long

my car is a 998 1988 and is a ballasted system with the ballst coil on the output to the +ve side is 9 volts when running so there is not too much voltage going to the coil

any help would be much appreciated (scratches head vigorously)

[daryl_crossley]

just been looking at the coil and it says ELECTRONIC COIL on it... i am not running an electronic ignition could this be the problem with it not running quite right

[daryl_crossley]

no rain on dizzy and points gap is bang on.... need a new coil then asap

thanks iansmini

[daryl_crossley]

going to fit a new ballast coil tonight to rectify the problem but does anyone know why it keeps blowing coils even though the sytem is ballasted