It's not wax, but does mean your coil is cooked, better find new ones..............
I will run it for a while just to see what happens. Can't get stuck I have another pot on the right side! I actually drove 400 miles on one cylinder many years ago, took it easy no problems..... lots of worry, but got home. See ya!I would be concerned with reliability. You don't want to get stuck out in the outback.
Yes, based on brutal experience.Thanks for your reply Bill.
Is your opinion based on experience? I ask because it is obviously not cooked in as far as the engine runs well, the coil sparks as well as before and the bike has run about 3 hours so far since it happened. I was hoping someone had experienced a similar situation and could tell me what happened in the long run. Allan
I would treat is as a hazardous material, unless someone knows what it is. A motorcycle coil is an electrical transformer. According to several websites, the goo is actually an oil used for cooling to internal coil wires. the wires are insulated with lacquer. The oil helps the wire dissipate the heat, and the primary does create a lot of heat. Back in the day it was common to use PCBs in transformers. PCB is a known to cause cancer. I do not know if it is PCB or not.Yes, based on brutal experience.
The black goo will eventually works its way down inside your plug wires, ruining them.
Coils are notorious for acting up once they get good and hot after running for a while.
In the long run (maybe sooner than that) you can expect total failure once the goo starts flowing...........that stuff is the insulating material used inside the coils, not too sure exactly what it is though.
Left the ignition on for about an hour and it must have overheated it has leaked white wax both ends of the left coil. It still works but will it continue to do so.
Anyone had similar experience?