[s-cars] Dayum oinker

[JC]

Aaaah... DOH sorry I didn't read back enough to get that. My bad.  In the
case of the 1.8T's, it does seem like those coils go bad for sure...

---- current ----
1995.5 S6 Avant
---- past lives ----
2006 A4 2.0TQA
1998 A6Q 2.8 PES G2
1989 200TQA SJM
1990 CQ
1997 A4 1.8TQ Wett
1987 4kCSQ

John J. Cunningham
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Myers [mailto:bob at chips-ur-s.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 18:53 PM
> To: JC
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Dayum oinker
>
>
> The ignition system is a modified arrangement different from
> OEM.  It is commonly referred to as "the 1.8t coil upgrade".
> The harness is erhaps 3 years old and is beautiful.
>
>
> At 06:47 PM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
> >Bob - Excuse if  you covered this, but what do your coil wires look
> >like where they go under the cover? Have you fully inspected for
> >insulation cracks etc.? I'm convinced from seeing what
> happens to these
> >with age that a good few "bad coils" diagnoses are, well,
> not actually
> >bad COILS... but the also well-known (but often missed by
> >non-UrS-fanatic mechanics) bad wiring to the coil that has
> insulation
> >cracks and shorts to ground.  Especially the wire bends and
> corners are
> >a much more likely place to be intermittent as opposed to inside the
> >coil itself (which would be more likely to be all or nothing
> if the winding insulation fails).
> >
> >By the way anybody who has junk 'bad coils' they want to
> mail me, I'd
> >be happy to have some to slap on a turns bridge I have to check the
> >turns ratio, and then tear down to see what the failure mode
> seems to be...
> >
> >
> >
> >---- current ----
> >1995.5 S6 Avant
> >---- past lives ----
> >2006 A4 2.0TQA
> >1998 A6Q 2.8 PES G2
> >1989 200TQA SJM
> >1990 CQ
> >1997 A4 1.8TQ Wett
> >1987 4kCSQ
> >
> >John J. Cunningham
> >jc at j2c3.com
> >US Mobile +1 (617) 750-5025
> >Main / Global +1 (978) 633-3510
> >China Mobile: +86 (0) 136 6080 9560
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> > > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 18:09 PM
> > > To: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com; quattro list
> > > Subject: [s-cars] Dayum oinker
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, Y'all,
> > >
> > > Miss Piggy did it again this afternoon in the middle of a snow
> > > storm.  She just quit about 3 miles from my home.  I got
> under the
> > > hood and unplugged and then replugged the white connectors at the
> > > firewall.  She fired right up and she and I then went on home.
> > >
> > > I'm beginning to get disgusted with the pig's inconsiderate
> > > mannerisms.
> > >
> > > I gotta do sumpin to make those connections more stable.
> > > D'ya think an application of Stabilant 22a might help?
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
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