1990 200 missing/lean under boost

[David Michael]

The really sad thing is I have removed the coil more than once, and every
time.......

Dave

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> I could just picture your reaction when those nuts fell down and you
> realized they were in a dark far away abyss. 2.0 MK3 VW's are the same, and
> they have a fairly high coil failure rate. Never understood that, when it
> takes just a second to hit it with a weld before it's all assembled.
>
> Put a magnet on them after you have them loosened. It will keep them from
> spinning, and catch them when the screw is all the way out.
>
> Tony
>
>  In spite of the pic, it includes the coil, BUT you need to take the the
>> new
>> coil and electronics off the frame then re-use the old frame.  Also, the
>> nuts into which the screws that hold the coil to the firewall thread are
>> NOT
>> captive and will fall under the blower motor if you just remove the
>> screws......
>>
>