Hey guys,
Car wouldn't start up after getting gas today. Sounded the same as when I've had dirt and crap get on the coil and cause it to arc. I pulled off the rubber hat from the coil and found that the end of the wire from the distributor had really corroded along with the top of the ignition coil itself - all black and carbon-y.
I was able to stick them back together with some duct tape and was able to continue driving to work.
BTW - What would cause this??? I've had my E30 for over 4 years and never seen this.
Tried calling around if I could get a single ignition wire somewhere... no go - only sold in sets, and its late to be calling wreckers. All the other wires are fine except the coil end of the coil-to-distributor wire. I have my old coil, which was still working when I replaced it, as a spare.
Question, if I hit up a wrecker, would any wire that would fit the distributor and coil do? I'm seriously short of cash and need to fix this as cheaply as possible at the moment.
What other BMW models could I hit up for a single wire that would work in a pinch - E30s are rare wrecker finds in Ontario these days. Would anything else European (or otherwise) that were still coil/distributor be able to supply a suitable wire if I can't source something BMW?
Car wouldn't start up after getting gas today. Sounded the same as when I've had dirt and crap get on the coil and cause it to arc. I pulled off the rubber hat from the coil and found that the end of the wire from the distributor had really corroded along with the top of the ignition coil itself - all black and carbon-y.
I was able to stick them back together with some duct tape and was able to continue driving to work.
BTW - What would cause this??? I've had my E30 for over 4 years and never seen this.
Tried calling around if I could get a single ignition wire somewhere... no go - only sold in sets, and its late to be calling wreckers. All the other wires are fine except the coil end of the coil-to-distributor wire. I have my old coil, which was still working when I replaced it, as a spare.
Question, if I hit up a wrecker, would any wire that would fit the distributor and coil do? I'm seriously short of cash and need to fix this as cheaply as possible at the moment.
What other BMW models could I hit up for a single wire that would work in a pinch - E30s are rare wrecker finds in Ontario these days. Would anything else European (or otherwise) that were still coil/distributor be able to supply a suitable wire if I can't source something BMW?
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