Miss Livvy wrote:
> Here's my story ... this is a '91 TEG
>
> Car started acting like it needed a tune-up. I neglected to bring it in
> right way. My bad.
>
> Car stalls out while driving it. No starty. So I tow it to the mechanic. He
> finds the ignition coil is burnt and replaces it. I drive it home and my
> "check engine" light goes on briefly which causes me to worry so I bring it
> back. He looks at it, can't see any problem. Two days later, car stalls out
> while driving it. No starty. I tow it back to the mechanic. He finds
> ignition coil is burnt out as well as distributor. *sigh*. I tell him to
> find the "root cause". He calls me back later and tells me I have 2 spark
> plug wires that are burned out and that's what started the whole problem.
> Now I have new wires, rebuilt dristributor and new ignition coil. Car is
> driving great again. I am just wanting to get other opinions on whether or
> not bad wires could have caused this problem to occur. I believe I had bad
> wires (tho I did last change them only 2 years ago).
>
>
Absolutely! the increased resistance created extra load on the coil and
distributor. Balance is important in high energy igntion systems. The
fact that the car was running poorly was a cry for help my friend.
Paul E.

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