Triton V10 maintenance
Before our next trip (into the Rockies) we thought we should check on maintenance for the Chinook. I've researched some around the internet and I find it hard to get apples to apples. Someone mi...
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What I think they're shooting for with the coil on plug is the flashover (or ground out) issue-either in the distributor cap/rotor, or somewhere along the plug wires. I think it is a fair trade, and I think ignition systems are more reliable now in general than the days of distributors. One big goal of these new systems is to fire a spark plug under less than optimum conditions and to allow the spark plugs to stay in service over 100K miles. Mex, I know you know your stuff but those coil packs are not subjected to 500 degrees. They're probably running much closer to the coolant temperature of the engine-about 200 degrees F (and some may be cooler than that if exposed to airflow). The coil packs are adjacent to jacketed water and oil fed areas. The spark plugs ground out their heat thru the mounting threads contact. And again there are many examples of successful design of these coil packs-with many lasting a very long time.
