Humidity killed my coil?

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

I'd check the distributor / hall sender before going after the coil, but it could be either.
Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Mellom [mailto:doubt@inwave.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:18 PM
> To: Scirocco list
> Subject: Humidity killed my coil?
> 
> I've been having a terrible time with my 16v in periods of 
> rain and high humidity (I posted a while back).  Stumbling, 
> bogging, and killing are the major symptoms, I'm theorizing 
> an ignition issue.  Last Wednesday, I had to drive the car 
> (my parents were in town, and borrowed my Quantum, current 
> DD).  It started and ran fine, until the rains came, then it 
> crapped out on the interstate.  I jumped it, eventually it 
> started, then died again 1/4 mile later.  It did it again, 
> and then nothing.  I towed it home, and was playing with it 
> last night (it hasn't started since). 
> I checked spark (via my inductive timing light, hooked up to 
> the coil wire), and I got very a random spark pattern.  
> Shouldn't I have gotten a fairly constant blink?  I checked 
> spark at the #1 wire, and got nothing. 
>   I need to pull the coil (I assume there's a test procedure 
> in the Bentley), I plan on replacing the cap and rotor, and 
> checking my spark plug wires for resistance, etc, but I'm 
> guessing my coil took a dump.
> Agreed?
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate
> 
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