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Only sparks when switched off!

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:55 pm
by tantus pedis
3.5 SD1 in a P6 with optical lumenition. No spark at all except one fat one on switch off!
Managed to get normal sparking once when I bypassed ballast. Then blew the feed fuse and now can't recreate this.
Still sparks once on switch off. Swapped coil - it was wired to earth via ballast AND fuel pump in series, Not like the diagram I found at all.
I'm guessing wire coil direct from battery to rule out ignition switch and then bin the lumenition for neater Powerspark jobby?

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:27 pm
by ChrisJC
Sounds like the amplifier is forked. Does the coil / amp get hot if you leave the ignition switched on?

Chris.