Stinkin coil packs! I put 4 brand spankin' new CPs in on Saturday and drove home today on 3 cyls!

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02-19-2007, 04:52 PM

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Stinkin coil packs! I put 4 brand spankin' new CPs in on Saturday and drove home today on 3 cyls!

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02-19-2007, 05:06 PM

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hey, ya got a full day out of 'em!

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02-19-2007, 05:07 PM

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Are you sure it's the coilpacks and not the wire harness?

I know other people have had problems with the wire harness and mine at ~90k miles is showing cracks in the wire insulation

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02-19-2007, 05:09 PM

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Yeah...I put the old ones back in tonight and it runs fine...thanks for the tip, though!

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02-19-2007, 05:10 PM

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same cracks here and probably the cause of that WOT stumble

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02-19-2007, 05:12 PM

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Same brands...Bosch? old better than new?....poor quality control

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02-19-2007, 05:17 PM

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Old: Hitachi; New: ??? no brand marked...got them from germanautoparts.com

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Stinkin coil packs! I put 4 brand spankin' new CPs in on Saturday and drove home today on 3 cyls!

Stinkin coil packs! I put 4 brand spankin' new CPs in on Saturday and drove home today on 3 cyls!

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