[s-cars] 1.8t coil conversion saga

[Tom Mullane]

Maybe.  Maybe not.  I doubt most dealers would care unless you were
exchanging a dozen or so of them.  This is a common failure item; I doubt
that Audi calls for these parts for inspection.

To my knowledge, no one has even tried a return yet.

Tom

On 12/20/06, Steve Powers <sbpowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't you have to grind off the locating tab to make them fit? I doubt
> the dealer would overlook that one, e.g. you modify it, you take the
> risk.
>
> Steve Powers
>
> On 12/20/06, iain.atkinson at tesco.net <iain.atkinson at tesco.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Well if you buy from the dealer and they fail i would be taking them
> back, mental note to self buy a spare next time i am passing the dealer
> >
> >
> > Iain
> > > From: "Tom Mullane" <tmullane at gmail.com>
> > > Date: 2006/12/20 Wed PM 03:07:01 GMT
> > > To: vfugman at globaldialog.com
> > > CC: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] 1.8t coil conversion saga
> > >
> > > I'm surprised you guys are simply happy to buy more coil packs.  What
> about
> > > getting Audi to warranty the parts?
> > >
> > > Are you running the cover?
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:53:11 -0600
> > > From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
> > > Subject: [s-cars] 1.8t coil conversion saga
> > > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > > Message-ID: <009e01c72403$83fcc0b0$6401a8c0 at GT5228>
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> > >
> > > With an OEM coil on the way out (failing gradually over a period of
> months),
> > > I finally took the plunge a couple months ago and ordered the 1.8tcoil
> > > conversion harness and a set of 5 coils from 034 Motorsport for
> $355.  They
> > > shipped the kit the same day, and the workmanship on the wiring
> harness is
> > > beautiful-no way I could do this good of work myself (not the mention
> the
> > > time to source parts and put it all together.  But I digress.)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Installation was a piece of cake.  Took much longer to rewire
> connector #2
> > > from the ECU back to the factory configuration-I had had it wired to
> use the
> > > spare POS channel.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Car seemed to run smoothly with the new coils in place, with the
> possible
> > > exception of an oh-so-very-slight loss of power at full boost.  But
> with
> > > some of you 400+hp guys running the 1.8t coils I figured there
> couldn't be a
> > > problem running the 1.8t coils on my 280hp TAP Stage I setup.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 3 weeks later, drove 400 miles to St. Louis for Thanksgiving.  Car
> runs
> > > great.  Start the car on Thanksgiving Day, car runs rough.  Coil in
> cylinder
> > > #4 had died.  Swapped coil with #3 to make sure.  All VW dealer parts
> > > departments closed for 4 day weekend, so I had to spend a couple days
> longer
> > > in St. Louis than planned.*
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