coilpacks

[waynejacobs]

can someone please shed some light on the symptoms you get if youve got a dodgy coilpack or two??if they are easy to change?how much etc???

cheers guys

 

[acidstrato]

it can be really bad like the car feels like a bag of crap and sounds like a rally car cos its running on 3 cylinders

or it can be less obvious like just a cylinder misfiring under load so every now and again when u boot it you lose power

depending on what engine u have the check light may come on or in my case it flashed at me when the misfire occured but then went out after

i bought new coilpacks recently from euro car parts for 14quid plus vat, expect to pay around double at a dealership

 

[RobM]

Is there a guide somewhere to changing the coil packs? With pics would be fantastic

 

[waynejacobs]

thats great thanks for the info

 

[acidstrato]

coilpacks just pull out. some are bolted down though

but the stock ones just need a good yank!

 

[karl.w]

it can be really bad like the car feels like a bag of crap and sounds like a rally car cos its running on 3 cylinders

or it can be less obvious like just a cylinder misfiring under load so every now and again when u boot it you lose power

depending on what engine u have the check light may come on or in my case it flashed at me when the misfire occured but then went out after

i bought new coilpacks recently from euro car parts for 14quid plus vat, expect to pay around double at a dealership

my coil pack died last night so i phoned seat today and they said that it is going to be 2 weeks before they are able to get me one

do you have the bosh/ euro car parts part number for the one's you bought.

Or are any other coil packs the same like the gti golf or something. I need to get something as i really cant be doing without a car for the next two weeks

 

[acidstrato]

i dont have a p/n handy but you could go on the ecp website and find it, but they arent bosch they are beru although Jonzy reckons thats just abit of branding and they are actually made by hitatchi? dunno if thats true or not il take his word for it

is there an ECP near you?

pretty sure mk4 GTi coilpacks are the same, so perhaps try a vw dealer

 

[karl.w]

got 4 new ordered from ecp £17 each a good bit cheaper than seat aswell

 

[RobM]

Have you got a part number for those? If they are that price I might order a couple 'just in case'

 

[karl.w]

Have you got a part number for those? If they are that price I might order a couple 'just in case'

ill post the part number up on Wednesday when i pick mine up as i don't have it now

 

[stoneyfordNI]

looks like the bits u need


EDIT : apparently not

 

[karl.w]

the part number is not right

thats the ones that i ordered and when i went to pick them up today they looked nothing like the original ones

they do do them as the guy showed me the correct ones on the computer but he won't have them in until Wednesday

 

[mister.c.]

got 4 new ordered from ecp £17 each a good bit cheaper than seat aswell

I'd say it depends - when my other half's packs went earlier on this year (52 plate cupra), we sent it to the dealer (Ted Johnson, Barnsley).

They changed it free under warranty as they said VW et al had given a 5 year warranty on coil packs.

 

[karl.w]

Have you got a part number for those? If they are that price I might order a couple 'just in case'

got the coil packs today from euro car parts for anybody that is interested the part number for them is 413 44 0480 made by beru