I acquired a used Mag coil. The lower coils are darker in color than uppers. It Ohms out at .9 ohms coil to coil. No phase is grounded.

I think the lower coils get darker because they always sit in the hot and cold oil when on the side stand. I've seen many other mag coils that look the same.

Question is has anyone else noticed that on a good mag coil that's used? My feeling is just because it looks like it got hot doesn't mean it isn't any good.

Opinions?

I hear ya on that. Like most used parts it'll be a crap shoot. But a cheap one.

On the other hand if it was from a 86 and still working even with all of its historical abuse (Lack of maintenance) then these are pretty solid.