dburton97128 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I thought I posted this already but FF must have crashed first and lost it. I have a 95 Legacy with cyl 3-4 not firing. I ahve a spare coil and igniter from another wrecked car to swap in. My question is if a bad igniter can damage a good coil. If the igniter is shorted on would that burn out the coil primary winding? Am I better off to change both? I could do the light bulb test on the coil primary but this needs to be done by my son in another state and he may not have the resources to do that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yes, I'd just swap them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana tom Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I agree , safer than ruining one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not likely to damage anything short term but if left that way for a long time, yes it could potentially burn the coil out. Especially if its an old coil that could be fatigued already. If you have both, swap the coil and see if that fixes it. If it doesn't fix it, swap the igniter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburton97128 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Swapped both. It worked. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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