destroying igniters
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destroying igniters
Ok so it all started about 20min after I washed my car I was meeting my friend to take some photos and all of a sudden my car wouldn't idle or run properly. At all at first I thought it was a vacuum leak or something of that sort after further diag and lots of money spent on parts that didn't fix my problem I have come to the conclusion that my car is eating leading Igniters, from stock igniters to an MSD 6al box to GM igniters setup properly with DLIDFIS it has destroyed all of them all while running like crap. I have tried to time it multiple times and I believe it is set properly. I hope the attached video will allow someone to help me with the problem I am lost right now and would like to get this car back to a good running condition.
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i currently have a brand new MSD blaster SS coil for the leading and a msd blaster 2 for the trailing I bought the SS coil thinking my coil was bad and it didn’t do anything
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acdelco d1906 Nkg 49034
Photo, nice looking car, looks like a custom paint job. A chain holding up an after market muffler?
Smarter people than me use 2 ignitors and 2 coils for leading. I had all kinds of trouble with the direct fire. It was a bad leading plug, and bad electrical connections.
A picture of your dfis would help
Smarter people than me use 2 ignitors and 2 coils for leading. I had all kinds of trouble with the direct fire. It was a bad leading plug, and bad electrical connections.
A picture of your dfis would help
Last edited by midnight mechanic; 10-10-21 at 01:58 AM.
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that would make sense that the SS coil is destroying stuff as for the msd box this problem started occurring when I had a completely stock ignition system and everything after that was me trying to fix it by changing my ignition system which was a rookie mistake
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Photo, nice looking car, looks like a custom paint job. A chain holding up an after market muffler?
Smarter people than me use 2 ignitors and 2 coils for leading. I had all kinds of trouble with the direct fire. It was a bad leading plug, and bad electrical connections.
A picture of your dfis would help
Smarter people than me use 2 ignitors and 2 coils for leading. I had all kinds of trouble with the direct fire. It was a bad leading plug, and bad electrical connections.
A picture of your dfis would help
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acdelco d1906 Nkg 49034
Is that ignitor attached to the distributor gutted, as in wires in and out are directly connected?
The GM Ignitor has two protrusions on the backside so it isn't in contact with the metal mounting plate. And yours look like there is a space between the ignitor and mounting plate. So there is no heat transfer. And if that is aluminum and an oxide forms, the oxide will be a great insulator. I had to grind my aluminum bracket down to the fresh metal.
The GM Ignitor has two protrusions on the backside so it isn't in contact with the metal mounting plate. And yours look like there is a space between the ignitor and mounting plate. So there is no heat transfer. And if that is aluminum and an oxide forms, the oxide will be a great insulator. I had to grind my aluminum bracket down to the fresh metal.
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Is that ignitor attached to the distributor gutted, as in wires in and out are directly connected?
The GM Ignitor has two protrusions on the backside so it isn't in contact with the metal mounting plate. And yours look like there is a space between the ignitor and mounting plate. So there is no heat transfer. And if that is aluminum and an oxide forms, the oxide will be a great insulator. I had to grind my aluminum bracket down to the fresh metal.
The GM Ignitor has two protrusions on the backside so it isn't in contact with the metal mounting plate. And yours look like there is a space between the ignitor and mounting plate. So there is no heat transfer. And if that is aluminum and an oxide forms, the oxide will be a great insulator. I had to grind my aluminum bracket down to the fresh metal.
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acdelco d1906 Nkg 49034
maybe you are burning your plugs? smarter peoplethan me use rx-8 iridium sparkplugs for leading
and it looks like you have just 1 ignitor +coil for leading ? smarter people than............
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...GJLidQIFpJc%3D
and it looks like you have just 1 ignitor +coil for leading ? smarter people than............
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...GJLidQIFpJc%3D
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Good grounds are absolutely essential. I melted two brand new MSD Blaster 2 oil filled coils after I rewired my race car. I kept replacing parts and plugs while trying to diagnose the problem. Finally, I ripped everything out and started over. I bought several big grounding straps and I installed a grounding strap to each of the housings, to the starter, the alternator, distributor, and several points on the chassis. Never had a problem since.
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