Jesse, Holy smokes, this is all new to me. Now, do you see how much you can learn from owning a Loop?!! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Jesse Open <Beaver-@comcast.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: RE: OIL IN THE COIL!!!!!!
Almost all of the can type coils are oil filled . The oil cools the coil and keeps the moisture out . Overheating is usually from using a coil designed to be used with an external ballast resistor . All too often a 12 volt coil designed for use with a resistor gets used without . The coils can and DO explode and burst into flames as well . I saw a fork lift launch a 75 foot slinky of coil internals when it was left with the key on and the engine stopped. The coil drew excessive current without the required resistor and burst. I have seen burned cars in the junk yard that were there for the same reason.
3haw-@bluefrog.biz wrote:
Last week I rode the Ambo in hot weather. When I stopped the bike after about 50 miles I noticed smoke coming from someplace on the engine. I immediately thought that the oil breather had been huffing a bit under the heated strain and had belched out some oil. Not so. It was the coil. The coil had gotten hot too and oil oozed out the the cable contact area and dripped onto the engine. The coil still worked but when I got home I pulled the coil and installed a new Bosch Blue 'somethingorother' as reccommended on this list (thanks!). Got it through JC Whitney. The old coil still has oil in it. I shook the new coil to see if there's oil in it but heard nothing sloshing around in there. New coil works great. So, what is better coils with or without oil?? Why? Bob