Old rotor arm condition

[Spare tyre]

Replaced this today, I suspect original
Fitted to a 2.0 2005 Mazda

Would the condition it’s in cause bad running or not really

Can’t feel any difference with the new one in

[Pericoloso]

....could the person who has parked a Mazda in the lounge please move it,I'm trying to watch the news.

[E-bmw]

Spare tyre said:

Can’t feel any difference with the new one in

There's your answer.

It might look like sh!t but it is just a bit of metal used to allow a spark to jump a gap, so what it looks like is largely irrelevant provided the spark can jump the gap.

Back in the days of the distributor pre-electronic ignition I have removed distributor caps off working cars when the cap didn't have the centre electrode & it ran perfectly.

What issues does it have?

Edited by E-bmw on Friday 19th April 19:31

[Spare tyre]

E-bmw said:

Spare tyre said:

Can’t feel any difference with the new one in

There's your answer.

It might look like sh!t but it is just a bit of metal used to allow a spark to jump a gap, so what it looks like is largely irrelevant provided the spark can jump the gap.

Back in the days of the distributor pre-electronic ignition I have removed distributor caps off working cars when the cap didn't have the centre electrode & it ran perfectly.

What issues does it have?

Edited by E-bmw on Friday 19th April 19:31

No real issues apart from it was original from 2005, replace ht leads, dizzy cap and rotor

[E-bmw]

Spare tyre said:

No real issues apart from it was original from 2005, replace ht leads, dizzy cap and rotor

But in your post you implied you had changed it because it was running badly & it made no difference.

[Spare tyre]

E-bmw said:

Spare tyre said:

No real issues apart from it was original from 2005, replace ht leads, dizzy cap and rotor

But in your post you implied you had changed it because it was running badly & it made no difference.

When I said

“Would the condition it’s in cause bad running or not really”

I probably meant, inefficient running, perhaps

Cheers

[E-bmw]

OK, my misunderstanding, I thought you were asking us to diagnose an issue.

'appy days.