Coil Resistor?

[Jer309GTi 3]

Next to the coil on a P1, there is a small black box with a green wire coming off of it. Is this some kind of resistor to stop radio interferance, and will it matter if it is not connected? Reason I ask is the wire has snapped on mine. I think I have a spare somewhere, but just wondered if the car would run ok without it.

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Reason I ask is the wire has snapped on mine.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hehe exactly the same thing happened to me! I've never replaced it. I'm not sure what the hell it did because the car doesn't feel any different.

[Jer309GTi 3]

Cool, cheers Kris. I think all it is is a noise suppresor, but if it doesn't make any difference to the running of the engine, that'll do me

[ryan13961345402285 1]

It's a capacitor I think. You can get them for a couple of quid in a motor factors

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

I really do not understand the point in such things.

If I removed the afm from my car it would not work. But I kill that thing and car still works. So what was the point of it in the first place??

[petert1345402284 0]

UK may not be large enough. Drive out of town on an AM radio station and wait for the noise to appear.