[s-cars] help please, urgent coilpack problem

[Jake Gaty]

When I started my car this morning something definitely wasn't right... My s6 was running very rough and the car shook a lot while accelerating. To make a long story short, cylinder 2 is not getting any spark - and while I suspect it is the coil pack, but do not want to spend 125 dollars then find out it is a different problem! I used spark plugs from other cylinders to just see if one plug was bad, but they all worked. I also swapped all of the plug wires and all of them worked. I tried removing the offending pack but was unable to attach it from the wiring harness - looks like the clips are stuck

i'm really at a loss about what to do - a call to the previous owner didnt help much and he told me he had to replace one too when he had it. I could tell when I opened up the cover because there were a bunch of spliced wires inside, and the coilpack for 5 was in the 4 spot and so on.. i feel like i need to take pictures. I will send pictures if that will help anyone.

basically i'm asking - will replacing just the coilpack fix this?

       
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