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What causes ignition coils to malfunction?


mixad

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I have had 2 coils that stooped working on my car this season. I use supersparks and boost 2.0 bar on high boost and 1,2 bar on low boost.

 

About 2 months ago i got a new coil from Superspark. But this week I had another one stopped working.

 

It seems o happen when i'm under high boost.

 

I dailydrive 70% with low boost and 30% with high boost. When all was working fine I was able to boost 29 psi the whole day with no problems. When it happened last time I was pulling 3rd gear, no problems then shifted to 4th and when it hit boost it start to misfire badly.

 

After this I can't boost at all without missfire, even on low boost. Idles perfect though, even with the "bad" coil still in car.

 

I need to know what can cause the coils to stop working. Can I link the boost pressure and the coils malfunction?

 

Sorry for bad english...

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On boost the spark duration is increased which basically means more current draw from the coil pack to jump the plug gap and maintain the spark. so a weak coil pack will fail. IF you have the coil pack failing on the same cylinder after replacement then it will be a fault with the ignitor pack (end stage) all these componets can be checked using a scope.

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