Ignition coil ?
January 27th, 2009, 08:49 AM
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No, you may have some faulty wiring or a bad ignition switch/solenoid. It may be that you have voltage constantly on that coil even when you turn off the ignition. If you have a way to check it do so, If not dis-connect the battery now until you get someone that can help you. That coil could get so hot the oil inside will leak out or even explode. I saw it happen once.
January 27th, 2009, 09:09 AM
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No, you may have some faulty wiring or a bad ignition switch/solenoid. It may be that you have voltage constantly on that coil even when you turn off the ignition. If you have a way to check it do so, If not dis-connect the battery now until you get someone that can help you. That coil could get so hot the oil inside will leak out or even explode. I saw it happen once.
Well it only gets hot like that when it is running, while ignition off, coile is nice and cool.
January 27th, 2009, 09:28 AM
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I think it should still be running a resistor that drops the voltage to the coil. I would check that. It makes sense that if it were by-passed with a full 12 volts going to the coil, that it would overheat. Just my guess.
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