Oil!? well..yah i'd say its possible that its messin with it? i dunno for absolute sure but possibly yes. i'm sure that with points, oil or water would deff mess with those.

How'd the oil get in your ignition cavity?

 

There is an oil seal behind the ignition. If it leaks it should be replaced. I have not done that myself yet - my understanding is that you just pry out the old one with a pointed object and tap in the new one.

What i have heard: you have to be very careful to not wreck the soft aluminum mating surface; the seal gets completely wrecked as it comes out; oil the new one so it goes in more easily; be sure it goes in facing the correct way; tap it in using an appropriate size socket.

I do not know what would be the effect, if any, of oil on the ignition unit. It is possible for the unit to fail but the timing LED still work. But again, that may not be the problem.

I'll send you a PM with some additional info.

What brand is the ignition? Typical plug gap for electriconic ignition is 040. But this would not be the problem.

 

i have points and cant really comment on this....but i would be very curious to see if you have a light show going on with the cover off.

 

I run points and don't know it this would be an issue for you but I lost both springs on the advance unit behind my points and had no spark..just a thought


T Ron