CyberCholo

Found the source of the weird miss on my car it looks like. The coil was completely full of water to the point you could hear it and feel it when you moved the coil back and forth.

I got as much of it out as I could without spending all night with it and the problem is better but not completely gone.

My question, is the coils salvagable? Or do I need a new one. I noticed the screw in the coil hookup wasnt in all the way and I guess that meant the seal wasnt good inside there. I accidently cracked the face overtightening the positive terminal down after cleaning them and was surprised to find water coming out.

It was a cheapo WPS one off rockauto, a new standard motor products one is 25 bucks or so at T and T up the road, but im a broke *** student right now (DO my final test tomorrow, supposed to be studying right now, too bad this isnt worth marks) and was wondering if i could save the coil.

Its still under manufactuers warranty, but id have to order a new coil then send this one back for a refund as the car is my daily and I cant have it not running

oldcutlass

The coils are filled with oil, if its leaking it needs to be replaced. If you drive it like that it will overheat and burn up quickly. I doubt that you can return it because you cracked it. If you need the car buy the coil from up the street.

CyberCholo

Really? That was a type of oil? Seemed exactly like water, weird. Especially since the car seemed to run better after draining it haha.

olds 307 and 403

A lot of them are filled with oil, just replace it.

MDchanic

As stated, there's nothing you can do and they won't take it back.

You broke it. Buy a new one.

- Eric

CyberCholo

That was my plan anyways.

Little confused how destroying the coil seemed to largely fix the issue I was having though.

Guess this is what I get for buying a 7 dollar coil.

MDchanic

Hey, maybe it was water that got in there somehow, and letting it out helped.

Like you say, $7 coil, you can't expect much.

- Eric

Fun71

Perhaps this resulted in a poor electrical connection and tightening it was what caused the improved performance, not draining the fluid.