Spark plug & coil change followup
#17
Race Director
A followup on the followup: one of the new coils failed after about 100 km on a hot day when the car had heated up fully. I'm thinking it must be a fluke, seller sent me a replacement but I used one of my old coils in the interim. First symptoms of that coil failing was a very slight hesitation under acceleration once the car warmed up. Not 20 km after I replaced that first failed coil I'm getting that slight hesitation again. Another coils was going to go. Now I know it's not a fluke. Ordered a new set from Pelican and installed them. It's all good now. One the bright side, it now takes me less than 2 hours to change the coils, I got better.
3 lessons learned from project:
1.) Get quality parts.
2.) Change plugs every 40K.
3.) Change coils at the same time. My car was kept very well (garage, no salt ever) and the coils were starting to crack up anyway.
3 lessons learned from project:
1.) Get quality parts.
2.) Change plugs every 40K.
3.) Change coils at the same time. My car was kept very well (garage, no salt ever) and the coils were starting to crack up anyway.
100km drive. Hot day. The band-aid melted. So to speak.
But really the odds are the coils would have failed anyway. That hard plastic would have come apart from the vibration and heat up cool down cycles in not many more miles.
So (1) above is where it belongs: at the top of the list.
#18
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Thread Starter
That's harsh. You should read the thread again. The plastic mouth around the connector cracked. That just can't cause the coil to fail, especially since it has seen no water since the installation. But in short: yes, those coils were crap.
#19
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Glad to hear you're back up and running smoothly! Let us know if any future questions too!
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