Leaky MSD Coils.
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07/23/12 06:25 PM
07/23/12 06:25 PM
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Posts: 2,179 Walton, Indiana
TimS
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Anybody have trouble with their Blaster 2 coil lately. I had one on my 69 Super Bee leak oil like crazy out the tower down the coil wire and into the distributor. We used to make these in Logansport IN at Federal Mogul but they sold the business and the buyers moved the manufacturing process to Mexico. They have a batch that weren't brought to 100c while adding the oil. This thing didn't leak it spewed when it got hot and expanded.
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Re: Leaky MSD Coils.
[Re: TimS]
#1272788
07/23/12 06:33 PM
07/23/12 06:33 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
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I just replaced one I bought before 2004, it just started leaking. Found out when I should lift the intake...
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Re: Leaky MSD Coils.
[Re: TimS]
#1272790
07/23/12 06:35 PM
07/23/12 06:35 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Bummer, I used to have one and it leaked and I trashed it like a long time ago. Now I'm running a 35 dollar parts store coil which runs the same or better than the MSD. Then a few weeks ago I swapped out a good working MP chrome ECU box for stock gold and black ECU that I had from 20 years ago and it runs noticablely better than the chrome box, I swear it does. Stock ECU and parts store coil and my car is running better than it has for years. I don't trust much from MP or even MSD nowadays.
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Re: Leaky MSD Coils.
[Re: GreenGlow]
#1272794
07/24/12 10:41 AM
07/24/12 10:41 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
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for quite some time, they've had 2 types of coil. the oil filled ones, which it says right on the package, "do not mount horizontally" because the oil will leak out of them, they'll overheat and breakdown. the other was epoxy filled, or at least epoxy sealed on the top, and were noticeably more expensive, these were ok to mount in any position you wanted. sure you can call them a poor design, or say that quality has gone downhill with a shift in manufacturing location, but it's kind of hard to put blame on anyone but yourself when they tell you right in the instructions "Do not mount horizontally" and you chose to mount it horizontally...
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