About a year and a half ago I got my 1988 out of storage. Before putting it in storage it was having stalling issues, especially when it was real hot, and I read on this site that it could that a failing coil pack/ICM that can cause this.
i bought a new set mail order and made sure it was Delco brand. I held on to it in box(s) for a year and when it was time to pull the car out of storage my mechanic replaced them along with some other items. It was still stalling after a bunch of work and another mechanic traced it to a vacuum leak. No problems since then on that front.
Anyway, I have had a wonky battery that while newish had been worn down some due to a bad alternator. I replaced the alternator about the same time as the other work and had to replace the battery last week when my car wouldn’t start and the battery wouldn’t even accept a jump or charge. Problem solved I thought......well no. The car still wouldn’t start but I could tell that it certainly wasn’t the battery and I was thinking a bad fuel pump.
Had it towed to my mechanic and he checked it out today and said that the problem was the coil pack and ICM. It was not opening one of the injectors he said or maybe it wasn’t getting spark, not sure. I had to think and then remembered I had just replaced those items. He said that he used replacements from Oreilly’s and I mentioned that I had used Delco but he said that he had to replace both to match. Not sure if he thought it through or maybe both were shot but that seems unlikely.
I have put less than 2,000 miles on it since getting it out of storage......probably half of that honestly. What are the odds that a brand new Delco coil pack would fail after such a short time? Is it possible? Should I just pay up and forget the whole episode or should I obsess about it endlessly until I forget about it?😀
Maybe someone else here has had a similar experience that they could share.
thanks,
Luke