[s-cars] misfire

[Philip Mische]

Where's the best source / price for coil packs these days?

P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mihnea Cotet" <mik at info.fundp.ac.be>
To: "Philip Mische" <pmische at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] misfire


> Okay, a good idea would be to find someone in your area who will be
willing
> to swap his coil packs with you and see if this does any good or not.
> IMO/IME it should if the plugs, ends and POS's are okay!
>
> Mihnea
>
> At 14:35 14/09/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Mihnea,
> >
> >I did replace the spark plug ends in Feb.  I suspect it needs a new coil
> >pack, but I didn't want to color my question with an opinion of my own.
> >
> >Tnx,
> >
> >P
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mihnea Cotet" <mik at info.fundp.ac.be>
> >To: "Philip Mische" <pmische at comcast.net>; "S-Car List"
> ><s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 2:31 PM
> >Subject: Re: [s-cars] misfire
> >
> >
> > > Philip, are the spark plug "wires" fine? Sounds like either a wire or
a
> >bad
> > > coil to me....
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Mihnea
> > >
> > > At 14:10 14/09/2003 -0400, Philip Mische wrote:
> > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > >--
> > > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > >I've got a problem with my 95.5 S6.  Here's the setup:
> > > >   a.. In Feb I had a POS channel go bad.  I swapped over the wires
to
> >use
> > > > the spare channel and things were fine.
> > > >   b.. A few weeks later came another misfire.  When I went to
diagnose
> >it
> > > > the motor went back to hitting on all 5 again, so I couldn't figure
> >which
> > > > cylinder had the problem.  I figured I was losing another POS
channel,
> >so
> > > > I bought a new one from a lister.
> > > >   c.. Over the past few months the misfire would pop up again, then
> > > > quickly disappear, usually after I turned the car off and then
started
> >it
> > > > back up again.  Like running a Microsoft based car.
> > > >   d.. Yesterday the misfire came, but this time it didn't leave.
Using
> > > > the remove-the-fuel-injector-plug method I determined it was #4.
That
> > > > made sense, since the POS for #4 was the one that had the bad
channel
> > > > from Feb.  I found the new POS I'd purchased months ago and popped
it
> >in,
> > > > and guess what?  No change!  I swapped out the other POS just to be
> >sure,
> > > > again no change.  Darn.
> > > >   e.. Checked the spark plugs, they were all tight.  I changed the
#4
> > > > spark plug and the miss was still there.
> > > >Soooo, what's the next likely place to look?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > >Phil
> > > >--
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