Honda Ignitors

[Mr Revhead]

What causes these to fail? Just replaced the 2nd one in 10 months on a D15A
Am wondering if it's a symptom of another issue, maybe leads need replacing? Didn't test them at the time as I just wanted to get the thing out of McDs car park

[sergei]

Could be coil is semi-shorted. Or the spark plugs don't have resistors, or leads are non-resistance type.... Faulty wiring is another thing (rubbing on chassis - randomly shorting).

[strx7]

its just a honda thing.

honda's eat distributors.

the pick ups, the coil, the ignitor, they all fail, some say it is due to the internal oil seal leaking allowing engine oil to get into it............... (all we know is, he's called the stig)

[Mr Revhead]

Lol no oil leaks in there. If that was an issue there wouldn't be a running 4age left!!

Maybe it's a heat soak issue. Replacement one was a repco no name one so maybe dubious quality

[matt dunn]

Not enough or the incorrect heat sink paste under the module,
or too much coil current or just a crap module.

Uf was have a car that wrecks a New "good branded" module/igniter is a real short time we also do a coil.

[crispy'86]

Some of those modules are cheap for a reason. Sometimes we've got aftermarket stuff in the past, lately we've used genuine honda stuff and seems to be fine. Just make sure you use a reasonable amount of heat soak paste under it otherwise they fail in no time,.

[Mr Revhead]

Heat sink paste eh. I did wonder why they put some in the box as the base of the igniter is a couple of mm from sitting against the dizzy. The first time I did it the paste just oozed out the bottom. Maybe I should find some that's a bit more solid

[Crucible]

its just a honda thing.

honda's eat distributors.

+1

Cranking them over with a lead off will f@#k them everytime also..