Hot Ignition Coil

Nitrokid · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2005, 08:38 AM

I was starting my GT Jr. yesterday after a three week downtime. Needless to say, it didn't want to fire-up right away. So I poped the hood and checked all the wires. When I checked the ignition coil wire, I noticed the coil body felt pretty hot. Not enough to burn, but pretty warm. Is this normal?
The last one I changed was five years old when it started leaking oil. I wonder if there is an underlying problem that I'm not aware of?

**MitchW** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-23-2005, 12:21 PM

Check the resistance between the terminals, it should be 0. The coil on my Verde leaked about 4k ohms and got hot enough to damage the HT lead.