Frying sound from coil
 

Hi all,

today I noticed the sound of a 'short' coming from the coil (engine not started). When I disconnected the CD-box wire from the coil, the sound disappeared. With the CD-box wire connected, but with the small distributor wires disconnected, the sound did not disappear.

Also, after turning the ignition key, but not starting the engine (so same condition as above, but only turning power on/off), the sound only started after approx 20 seconds

After some fiddling and turning the engine by hand. The sound no longer manifested itself.

Any thoughts on this?

Rgds