[s-cars] Intro and stalling thread

[Tom Green]

John,
If any of the coils have been replaced, they were probably just spliced
between the coil pack and the firewall connector.  The POS is usually
replaced with the Bosch generic unit and would not have the Audi p/n
or logo on it and carries a price tag of about 50% of dealer list.   
Not a
foolproof check, but a new coil stands out when the cover is removed
even if the owner is anal enough to install new pins in the connector.

The moisture trap was moved adjacent to the ECU in the passenger
footwell on the S6.

My coils have done fine for 13 years and 145K and I doubt venting
would have prolonged many coils.  You have to make sure moisture
is not introduced in any venting solution since it will fill the plug  
cavity.

Tom


-----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:55:35 -0700
> From: john cl?irigh <john at johncleirigh.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Intro and stalling thread... (john cl?irigh)
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> Thanks to everyone who's replied so far.  I have lots of things to  
> check
> now, and I look forward to getting more intimate with my car.  I have
> every receipt and the car has been meticulously maintained, but no  
> coil
> pack or POS replacement has been documented and the odometer just
> reached 150k miles.  It seems reasonable to me that it could lose a  
> coil
> after all these years and miles.  Can the coil pack cover be vented to
> reduce heat in there or does that matter? (does that question  
> insult the
> Audi engineers?)
>
> I just replaced the heater hoses (and moved some of the electrical
> connectors under the rear plenum cover for easier access), so it's
> possible I dislodged the moisture trap on the ECU's boost hose?  Not
> having the Bentley, I didn't know what all that was.  Now, thanks to
> Dave, I've printed a bunch of reference materials.
>
> I'll report my progress and will work on finding a cheap, used  
> microsoft
> machine to run VAG-COM and Bentley.
>
> -john