[s-cars] Coil swappin...again

[Aaron Taylor]

As an addition to this thread, Im wondering what the latest consensus is
on the 1.8T coil failure issue?  Any problems encountered with sub 290hp
motors?
Thanks Again
Aaron




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-----Original Message-----
From: A Tay [mailto:atay at cox.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:20 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] Coil swappin...again

Well I guess ive been lucky till now ...

In 8 grueling years of scar ownership and 3 pos failures I think I have
a
coil problem.  (miss does not move to another cylinder when pos is
swapped)

 

Anyway, I mistakenly assumed the coils could be unplugged so I could
shift
them to another cyl to confirm the dead cylinder moves with it.
Unfortunately this is not the case, it seems any new coil will have to
be
spliced in.  Given the 150kmi on the coils im considering replacing them
all
with stock or using the 034 kit.  I been reading the basic 034 kit may
not
be as reliable as once thought but I see they offer a hi-output kit for
more
$ which uses the stock cover which is nice.

Basically at this point I just want to get the car running a gain as
cheaply
and quickly as possible.  

What do you guys recommend?   

Anybody who's done the 034 swap have a set of stock coils I could
purchase?

 

(This is really bad timing as my wife needs the car for a business trip
on
Tuesday.  Considering this car has stranded her more that a few times
this
may have been the last straw!)

 

FYI im running mtm 1+ (22psi) software and the coil boots are maybe 5000
miles old.

 

 

Thanks

Aaron