# Ignition Control Module

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ignition-control-module/50070>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** eighty-eight, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ignition-control-module/50070 "2010-06-09T02:03:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jrm911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jrm911](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jrm911)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ignition-control-module/50070/1 "2010-06-09T02:03:49Z")

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What causes the ignition control module to fail repeatedly.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ignition-control-module/50070/2 "2010-06-09T14:31:30Z")

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If it’s located in the distributor, failing to apply the dielectric grease to the module can cause it to overheat and fail. High resistance in the secondary ignition system such as bad plug wires or spark plugs where the gap is too wide can overdrive the module causing it to fail.

Tester

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**Author:** ![LogiTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LogiTech](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LogiTech)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ignition-control-module/50070/3 "2011-02-05T06:12:46Z")

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Agree tester… but if you happened to see some faults about it maybe you should check some good replacement for the [ignition module](http://www.thepartsbin.com/autoparts/ignition_module.html)… goodluck