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Possible Bad Ignition Coil?
I drove my car Wednesday night and everything seemed fine, other than the idle seemed to be a bit high. I don't think that's related though.
Today I went to start the car and I am not getting spark. Can the msd coil go bad just like that, or will there be some other lead up to it? And what coil should I be looking to replace it with (I'm assuming this is just the blaster ss)? |
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Replaced it with another MSD Blaster 2 I had. Not all coils are MSD compatible - check the chart here: http://www.msdignition.com/instructi...ompability.pdf |
Yes, they can go bad in an instant. I had the same thing happen that you described and replaced it with the spare I carry in the trunk. Fired right up. I'm not going to knock MSD, there are already plenty of threads that do that, but carrying a spare is something to consider - easy road-side fix if it happens when you're out.
Kevin |
MSD has tons of quality problems. I had a bad coil out of the box. The E-core ones are supposed to be better, both performance and reliability. I replaced the original coil with this one: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/msd-8207/overview/
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Assuming it is a bad coil, consider mounting off the engine. I went with this one, which has anti vibration mounting.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/msd-8252/overview/ |
Before everybody blasts MSD...Did you check to see if the rotor is spinning?
Coil??? Have you checked the box? There are simple tests that you can do... |
Ndever had a coil go bad but had two of the MSD6 boxes blow out. Do the spark test (you can't just ground the coil / spark plug).
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That's all it was. I'm not sure the coil in there was an MSD though, well, it's not. It looks kind of like a blaster SS, only it's black and has no labeling of any kind.
Also, it fired up hard immediately, and it has never fired up like that before. I guess let this be a warning to the other backdrafts of the same manufacturing date/car number (2012/ number 1109). |
I contacted MSD about a year ago and was told that the blaster coil on my Backddraft was not manufactured in black. My build number is 832 and the coil is mounted off the engine.
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Second one I heard about this weekend. Glad you got it back up and running.
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The "knock off" is a summit racing brand...
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-850500/overview/ Perhaps I just got a bad one? Who knows, but it appears to be the same exact unit as the msd. As said above, I have a spare msd now. |
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