[s-cars] coil failure (again) - factory pigtail clips?

Ray Tomlinson ray at s-cars.org
Thu May 1 01:17:52 EDT 2003


Fellow sympathizers and femme-nazi lovers,

Apparently, my recent and substantial donations to the AudiGods have gone
unnoticed.  Well, AudiGods, it appears that my S6, much like your mother, is
and continues to be a DIRTY ROTTEN WHORE.  Bring it.  I just up'd the
insurance, and I've googled all the cliffs over 50' in the Commonwealth (I
know that none exist, but the Big Dig is far from over, and there are many
deep holes nearby).  Don't push me.

Tonight, on the way home from East Boston (not some place you wish to have
your S6 die alongside the road), my #4 coil decides to put on a small smoke
show.  Bugger.

Having recently replaced both PSO's and the #5 coil, and seeing the smoke
come out from beneath the coilpack cover, which, I might add, smells very
expensive, I'm quite certain that I'm in the market for yet another coil.
Me thinks it wise to replace the other 3 at the same time.  Any reason NOT
to replace the remaining, soon-to-be-offending coilpacks, other than any
cost savings and the somewhat cathartic release I enjoy from welcoming the
opportunity to check my spark plug torque on an all-too-frequent basis?  Any
listers with 200k of track miles on original coils that can tell me not to
worry?  Car has 122k.

Rather than splice, I'd like to try and run the leads to the factory
terminal.  Anyone know the part number of the female receptor clips that
lock into the terminal plugs?

Thanks in advance,

Ray






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