[s-cars] Subject: Re: Blown turbo & Life lesson #3568921

[jim67 at mail.com]

Varon,
That $26. per BWD coil from O'reilly Auto parts was a typo right? I just went on their website to buy a few at that price and they are listed at $167. each.


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From: vfugman at globaldialog.com
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:13:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Blown turbo & Life lesson #3568921


I was pretty disappointed with 034's response to the junk coils they
supplied with their 1.8t coil conversion kit. (The wiring harness itself
was very high quality.) First coil failed at 6 weeks*, others every few
weeks thereafter. 034 blamed it on extended dwell from my chipset (despite
the fact that almost everyone was having problems with that lot of coils.)
 
A $100 refund would have made me a happy customer. 
 
Varon
'95 urS6
 
*leaving me stranded on a 4-day holiday weekend--had to stay over an extra
day and get a replacement coil from a VW dealer when they opened Monday
morning. That was before I learned to always carry a spare prepped coil in
the trunk! I'm now buying BWD coils from O'Reilly for $26 ea. I'm
currently averaging about 1 failure per year.