Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:50:08 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: If it's not one thing, it's another...
Comments: To: "Seth C. Bruggeman" <scbrug@MAIL.WM.EDU>
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Seth C. Bruggeman wrote:

> Well, thanks to everyone's input (esp. Yau-Man who provided the exact coil
> checking method I was looking for), I traced my troubles to a bad coil,
> replaced the offending part, and am now back on the road.  One last
> question, though...am I treating a symptom of a greater problem?  In other
> words, why would the coil go bad?  I realize the bad coil covered a lot of
> miles, but coils seem like the kind of part that goes bad generally for
> reasons other than mechanical failure.  Any ideas...???
>
> Seth B.
> '84 Westy
>
   My bet is that you have platimun plug in the engine. They
killed coil after coil in My 1980 Van until I put 2 and 2 together.

                                            Eric