Coil oil

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Roadart

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On my 72 dart 318 coil in stock location,removed it yesterday to clean it up. The wire coming out had light oil on it. Pulled it off and saw small amount of oil inside. Is this a problem? is this normal? Car runs fine like it is. Thanks
 
You coil is leaking, I've seen it happen before. I'd replace it for piece of mind. 65'
 
Coils are suspended internally in an oil bath. If it all leaks out, it will fry.
A minor leak should not be an issue.
I would definitely monitor it.
 
Get a new coil that is epoxied filled and that problem is a thing of the past. I had an oil filled coil that was giving me a problem when engine was cold, was fine when warm. I went to epoxy filled and no more problems.
 
I'd plan on replacing it. I doubt most new coils use oil

"Back in the day" transformer oil used in transformers and oil filled (high voltage) capacitors was toxic No idea when this changed
 
Yep. Askarel, (tradename).
Same oil found in overhead transformers. Highly carcinogenic.
 
There are still oil filled coils around. I only replaced mine the beginning of the year and had to read through several ads of oil filled and then came across the Epoxied filled. Today's oil may not be toxic, but not good when leaking out to decrease effectiveness of coil output. Mallory, Accel, and Petronix offer oil filled just to name a few.
 
Transformer oil years back had PCBs in it. In East Texas, they used the old oil to coat dirt roads until the EPA got involved. There was a huge amount of dirt roads that had to be scraped & the soil sanitized.
 
Yea, I'm sure.
I remember the dreaded PCB bulletins as a young Firefighter in the 80s. We responded to overhead transformer emergencies.
Supposedly a drop of Oil containing PCBs on your skin would most likely cause skin cancer.
Better living through chemistry, as our instructor said.:bs_flag:
 
If you look down in the tower, you will see a screw head, phillips, or straight. Most of the time you can just tighten this screw and it will stop leaking.
 
I still have some old oil filled caps (I'm a radio amateur) some of them date from WWII
 
Oh my! :lol:
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