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10-11-09, 06:35 PM

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keep frying ignition coils ( leading )

Long story short cars a '86 with a S5 block and a megasquirt, I've blown 2 coils since I've gotten it running again. Any ideas y or were 2 start?

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10-11-09, 06:40 PM

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most likely caused by some kind of improper wiring somewhere by a previous owner

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10-11-09, 08:08 PM

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Yea I figured it was wiring any clue were 2 start testing crap

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10-11-09, 11:22 PM

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or the megasquirt settings are wrong and you are running to much charge time on the coils. Which will overheat them and kill them.

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