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Offline steble

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ignition coil
« on: 27 March 2010, 21:30 »
is the ignition coil on a mk 1 cabrio gti ballast resisted?

i have been told this could be the problem of the missfiring problem the car has, and i should change it for a 12v non ballast coil

is this a good shout?
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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2010, 21:53 »
I'm not sure but be sure before you change it... I know non GTI models can have ballast resistance and if its not in place can melt the points.... I always thought that the Hall sender unit on a GTI managed the voltage and therefore the coil itself was not ballast resisted, i could be wrong. :undecided:
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2010, 16:38 »
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 27 March 2010, 21:53
I'm not sure but be sure before you change it... I know non GTI models can have ballast resistance and if its not in place can melt the points.... I always thought that the Hall sender unit on a GTI managed the voltage and therefore the coil itself was not ballast resisted, i could be wrong. :undecided:

Yep, I'd go along with that, as I've jsut replaced everything and didn't find a ballast resister anywhere.

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Offline rubjonny

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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #3 on: 29 March 2010, 10:48 »
depends on the age of it, but its likely to have a transistorised ign setup which doesnt use a balast coil, my 83 cabby GTI had transistorised ign :)
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #4 on: 30 March 2010, 13:37 »
its an 88 gti, i doubt its got points it must be electronic ignition surely not even my mini has points lol

may change the coil anyway see if it helps
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #5 on: 30 March 2010, 14:16 »
dont be so sure..... what engine have you got 1.8 K-Jet? or have you got digifant?
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #6 on: 30 March 2010, 15:14 »
it deffo wont be points, as i say my 83 cabby gti wasn't :)
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #7 on: 30 March 2010, 15:26 »
Quote from: rubjonny on 30 March 2010, 15:14
it deffo wont be points, as i say my 83 cabby gti wasn't :)

When did VW ditch points then?
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #8 on: 30 March 2010, 16:26 »

some time around 84/85 for carbys, gti models got electronic ignition earlier than that though :)
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Re: ignition coil
« Reply #9 on: 30 March 2010, 17:48 »
mines an 83 tintop and i swear its on points???
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