[s-cars] Coilpacks

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In a message dated 10/22/2002 11:07:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, James.Murray at ericsson.ca writes:

> I've been too busy to work on mine, but I have this problem and it's on
> Cylinder #4. I think it's the coil pack because it only occurs when the car
> is cold, after a few minutes of warming up the car runs fine. So it sounds
> like the coil is not making contact when cold as soon as it warms up the
> coild expands and makes contact. I've seen this in other electric coils... I
> was planning to switch the PSO's when cold and see if the
> problem moves
> cyclinders, then I'll know if it's the PSO or the coil pack.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Cheers, /J.

James,

  When my PSO was going it would get worse with heat and be better when cold. They're easy enough to switch though and it's a good thing to rule out if you can. You can also switch plug connectors and check your plugs. Could be something simple.

Chad