[s-cars] 1.8t Coil Pack Manufacturers (Bremi, era, STI)

[Dave Forgie]

John:  See the Link Bremi, era and STI are all related (now):

http://www.karlynsti.com/Folders/Bremi.htm

As an aside, compare how easy it was to track down which coil pack had
failed with trying to do the same on an OE system.

Dave F.

>>> jpb3 <jpburns3 at gmail.com> 03/15/07 11:04AM >>>
Thanks for the tips guys.  Problem has been resolved. Swapped in a "R"
coil
I picked up on my lunch break (had snipping pliers in the warehouse
where I
work) and all is well again.

Got lucky in that when I restarted the car the miss was noticable
enough
that no driving was required.  Started from Cylinder #5 and moved
forward.....3rd try was a charm! (cyl #3)

Noticed that the "R" coil was not a Bremi part ... said "era" or
somthing
like that.

New coil
115R
era 12432ESM  L19A49 4 36/06

Old coil
115L
Bremi 12496ESM  L2E967 1 02/04

Bought a spare that is now in the trunk!


John

On 3/15/07, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Don't forget, the pulling the fuel injector trick was devised back
in
> the day when the spark plugs on the running motor were inaccessible.
>
> Now, with the 1.8T coils, you could pull either an injector plug or
a
> coil on the running motor. Bear in mind, if you pull the coil and
> leave the injector, you'll be running unburnt fuel thru the system,
> potentially clogging the kitty. However, if you do have a roached
> coil, you're doing that anyway.
>
> So, with the 1.8T coil upgrade, if you can identify a likely coil
> failure at idle by pulling the injector plug, you can now verify it
> by also pulling the 1.8T coil for the same cyl and going for a
drive.
> If you can't identify a likely culprit at idle, you could pull both
> the injector plug and coil for cyl 1, go for a ride, see if that's
> it, if not, pull over, plug them back in, unplug both for cyl 2, go
> for a ride, etc. This should allow you to isolate the failing coil
> pretty easily, without dirtying your suit.
>
> Another point to remember, the 1.8T coils need to be modified to fit
> the AAN, with some of the plastic requiring removal to fit into the
> spark plug hole. Not something to attempt in the parking lot in a
suit.
>
> HTH,
>
> - -Ian Duff.
>
> On  15 Mar 2007, at 10:41:28AM, Dave Forgie wrote:
>
> > John:  If you are not getting a noticeable miss at idle, finding
the
> > dead/dieing 1.8 t 115L coil may be difficult.  The normal "trick"
> > is to
> > remove the plastic injector/fuel rail cover and then
> > disconnect/reconnect the electrical plugs to the injectors, one at
a
> > time. If the idle gets worse when you remove a connector, its not
that
> > cylinder.  If the idle smoothness does NOT get worse, then you
have
> > found the culprit.  I suspect it will be 3, 4 or 5 (middle,
towards
> > the
> > back) due to heat issues.  Especially if No.5 was not pointed away
> > from
> > the firewall, there is more likelihood of trapping heat in it.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Dave F.
>
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