About a week and 1/2 ago, I decided to drive the Cavalier back to my other house. I got half the way there and it died on me after about 45 minutes of driving.

As it turned out the cheap module I used died.

I ordered 2 other modules one cheap and one better quality US made one. I read on the internet a coil can cause the module failure and got another one of those.

Put on the new cheap module and it started right up. Changed the Coil anyway.

So, it is running, and I have not test driven it because I need to replace the rubber sway bar bushings and I can't seem to coordinate my time to match a day when it is not raining here.

I had also removed the stock module from the stock distributor that came with the car and there was zero semiconducting paste between it and the distributor. It is not supposed to last without the paste, but it came from the factory like that.

On the first cheap module I installed I did use the thermo conducting paste and I used the packet of paste that came with the 2nd cheap module that is on now.

What is curious is about 8 months ago I changed the Module on my Van, and I had no thermo-conducting paste and I used anti-seize compound and so far, it has been fine (I have a replacement module just in case). What is interesting is that the Distributor on the van is in the rear and the Van's engine cover is very close to the engine. My guess would be that the module us subjected to more heat in the van compared to the Cavalier.

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