[s-cars] dropped a coil

[Michael Lardizabal]

Hah ! I learned that the hard way Taka !

I used to have a Saab 9-5 Aero and a few summers ago coming back from a Cape Cod 
vacation I got a stumble as I crossed the Bourne Bridge, and shortly after 
crossing, the CEL flashes then smell of burnt electrical...then dead at the side 
of the road.

The DI cassette died and like an idiot the spare was at home in our other Saab. 
Man at least it didn't die on the bridge....I would've made the 6 oclock news 
and would have incurred the wrath of all New Englanders.....it would've been 
reeaaallly ugly.

2 things I now never leave home without....my Gold Amex card and coils.

Nice to have finally met you !  I wish I could've gotten a ride in your new M.

Mike  



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From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
Cc: S-CAR list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 11:04:28 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] dropped a coil

You know, this whole ignition coil thing reminds me of the Saabs- 9-3s and
9-5s lose the DI cassette (basically the same thing as the ignition coils)
all the time- most experienced owners will keep a spare cassette in the
trunk. Sounds like you're doing the same thing, Bob. :-)

Has anyone determined whether the later B7 A4 or B7 S4 coils fare better?
I've heard of LS2 coil conversions, but LS2 coils are not cheap, at least
the aftermarket ones are not- MSD coils for my Corvette are $800 for the set
(I know it's 8 cylinders vs. 5).

Taka


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

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> Hi Y'all,
>
> It is seldom that one gets to report a simple repair.  I had to run
> an errand this morning and just for kicks I drove the RS2ed
> urS6.  (With the 1.8t coil mod.)  On the way back home came the
> unmistakable single cylinder miss of a dropped coil.  Pulled into the
> garage and checked to find the dead coil at cylinder #4.  Unplugged
> the coil, got into the box of spare coils in the trunk and plugged in
> a new coil.  Bingo!  The miss is fixed.  So simple.
>
> This report is probably a big mistake.  The Audi gods are likely to
> come after me now.
>
> Bob
>
>
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