Italian electrics are funny

"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 04/03/2015 at 14:43 • Filed to: None

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they're just as unreliable as british electrics but the solutions are a lot cheaper

what i thought was a coil problem on the alfa turned out to be a fuse problem, the contacts were loose enough that the fuse would jiggle about with the vibrations of the engine at idle, which would of caused the whole "will start but not stay running part". I still think the coil is dying though because i'm only getting 6 volts at the coil instead of 12

i also need a head gasket

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deekster_caddy > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 04/03/2015 at 15:04

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Wow, that's some interesting... fluid? ... in the radiator. What is it called?

Check the book on the coil - a lot of systems have lower voltages to the ignition system, there could be a resistor in the feed somewhere that's supposed to be there. Having 12V to the coil doesn't mean it's a bad coil... Very rarely does the coil itself go bad.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > deekster_caddy 04/03/2015 at 15:14

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in the words of the creators i believe it would be called "oilo"

i'll check up on the coil, i mean it does seem to run fine now

deekster_caddy > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 04/03/2015 at 15:21

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I know GM cars had two electrical feeds to the coil - one from the ignition switch giving 9V through a resistive wire, and another from the starter motor that would give 12V while cranking... to my knowledge they are the only ones who did that, but many of that style coil don't receive a full 12V. Chryslers had a large ceramic resistor mounted on the firewall for the coil wire. Coils would burn out in chryslers when that was bypassed and people gave full voltage to the coil...

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > deekster_caddy 04/03/2015 at 15:22

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interesting

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > deekster_caddy 04/03/2015 at 16:21

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Quite a few makers used voltage resistors on their coils. Lots of British cars had them. And deekster is right. 12V for cranking, less (6-9v depending on application) for running. I see a ceramic resistor on your coil so most likely you have a similar set up.