You might also be certain that you replaced your condensor recently. Driving
for a while and then having the vehicle sputter and die until it "cools
down" matches the symptoms of the condensor too... although electrical
components increase resistance with heat... so if the coil is going bad...
then as it heats up...... be sure the points are not burned.
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KWW
'65 Beetle (Jenny the IOC)
'64 Beetle (TBD the Blue Wave)
"Joey Tribiani" > wrote in message
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> "Joe Smith" > wrote in message
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>> Can you go into a little more detail about the "hot coil"?
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> sometimes when coils are going bad, they tend to overheat....you will
> experience ignition loss when they are hot....just a possibility, but i
> would eliminate fuel issues first.... if the coil is so hot it could burn
> you, it is not a "healthy" coil....
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