How can you tell if there is a faulty condenser in a modern(ish) coil-pack? My Mondeo feels like the condenser has blown. What else might be causing that type of misfire?
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9 years ago
Duff coil pack
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9 years ago
If you mean the condenser that was across the points on the Kettering system, no. Dunno the last car made with points - but I'd guess at some 30 years ago. I'd guess the Mondeo has one coil per cylinder - or possibly EDIS which is wasted spark so two cylinders share a coil.
EDIS is normally bomb proof but still has plug leads which should be checked - and that it has the correct resistor plugs.
COP types - especially the active ones - can and do fail.
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9 years ago
Definitely at least 1990, but I'd suspect 1992 as an absolute final cut- off point.
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9 years ago
The Lada Riva 2105, made until 2010, used a distributor, not sure about the 2104 (to 2012) or the 2107, still produced.
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9 years ago
Well, yes. But most dizzys dispensed with points some 20 years before that. Electronic circuit breaker. Doesn't wear or go out of adjustment.
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a distributor is not the same as contacts and points.
Its perfectly possible to have a distributor and electronic ignition, just using the distributor to select which spark plug to use.
In the end its a matter of cost.