On 11/6/02 11:33 AM, "Faure, Marin" <marin.faure@boeing.com> wrote:
> I too have had a bad condenser right out of the box.
> Installed correctly, wires looked fine, but car wouldn't
> start. Re-installed old condenser, and the engine started
> and ran great. I don't know what the insides of a condenser
> consist of, but it is apparently possible to have faulty ones
> right from the manufacturer.
When I had a VW, I'd usually buy them in pairs when doing a tune up. Parts
were quite cheap, and often, cheaply made knock offs at that.
I suppose there's some chewing gum and tin foil wadded up inside the
condenser. ;-)
The other thing that baffles me on some cars' ignition systems is the "one
wired device" connected to the coil. It looks like half a AA battery with a
wire going to the coil. What use it has always escaped me as I couldn't
figure out how something worked on a one-wire open circuit.
--pat.
Baffled by simplicity at times.
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