>I just got back from holidays back home in the philippines, to find some old
>symptoms had returned to my 3.9 V8. It stalled and died, so I remember
>Teri-Ann's advice that it is the ignition, and specifically the coil causing
>trouble, so off to NAPA. The "+" terminal had "smoke-marks" around it, as if
>it was letting out smoke, which I guess it was.
>
>They gave me a generic looking coil, with a printed notice on it: Not for
>use with resistor systems. So I installed it without connecting the resistor
>doodad to the coil terminal, like it was on the last coil.
>
>Car started just fine and runs well again (Thanks for the tip, Teri-Ann! I
>always check the coil now, so much easier than my last endeavour of changing
>fuel filters and fuel pump, and costs a ton less too).
>
>Now, lately, it has developed a slow-to-start thing. It turns over fast, but
>doesn't catch... Used to spin twice and fire right up, but now, it kinda
>spins and spins and sometimes it will only fire up on the second or third
>go.
>
>I bet it has to do with that generic coil.
>
>Anyone know what kind of coil I should look for? One I can get from NAPA or
>other parts house would be the best.
>
>I mean, isn't a coil a coil? Shouldn't a V8 coil from a similarly ignited
>engine do the trick? How bespoke are these things?
A coil is pretty much a coil. It sounds like you have a resistor
coil from NAPA. Go and get an externally resisted coil. I don't
know how the Rover V8 is set up, but it's pretty common that the
external resistor is bypassed during starting. There's a voltage
drop, because of the draw on the starter, so putting full battery
voltage on the coil gives a hotter spark, helping starting.
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