[s-cars] individual fused coils

bill mahoney airbil at gmail.com
Tue Mar 18 08:50:44 PDT 2008


Brian,
Let's review:
This is a great solution (I think invented by Paul Gailus Genius electric
guy) to preclude a coil short to ground causing the IIRC, the 15 amp fuse to
the ECU to blow, which means no start, no run:(  Better to run on four
cylinders than not at all butofcourse. Be sure to disconnect the injector
from the dead coil cylinder.
AFAIK I have the only install I have ever seen but would recommend a fuse
panel for any hardy soul that does this.  I did inline fuses and its a pita
and rather unsightly.
I would strongly recommend something like this mounted on the firewall
somewhere.  http://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html
Let us know if you find something suitable... maybe more weatherproof.  It
would be nice to have five leds or lamps inside the car too to alert you to
a failure.
Good luck!
Electric Bill m


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