Lost a coil today!

Well the infamous 99/00 coil pack problem bit me today at lunch.

I lost spark on 1 & 4, luckly I have a new coil pack at the house. I had been having an intermittant problem where the car would loose power for .5 second, but I couldnt narrow it down. I havent had it since the turbo install. Well its narrowed down.

I limped back to the office and will borrow a loaner car to get my coil pack after work. Lots of fun. At least I'm not stranded adding a tow bill on top.

I did get the Toluene for the track day.

Chris

Bummer Kags. Good thing you've already got your replacement! :thumleft: (Just curious, did you pull the code?)

Autozone did p0300 and an o2 code. I picked up an o2 sensor as well. My Auterra obdII reader is at the house... I hope I didnt jack up the Midpipe...

(Checking date, not April 1st....)

Sorry to hear about that...

Isnt it a little late in the month for that April Fools nonsense?

Seriously , sorry to hear about it, you are a smart guy to have an extra.

I think I should get one too.
I have read that when this happens usually it does not happen again, indicating there is/was a problem with the building of the original equipment and they have fixed the problems on the coil packs you buy now.

Crossing fingers on that midpipe...but it would be a great excuse to get that 2.5 stainless one Goodwin has :wink:

Is this your first coil pack failure?

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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

Seriously , sorry to hear about it, you are a smart guy to have an extra.

I think I should get one too.

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Damn Billy - I wish I had as much money burning a whole in my pocket as you do in yours. :P

I wouldn't worry about having a spare coilpack laying around. My '99 has gone 100k and 6.5 years on the original coilpack without a lick of trouble, and I'm certainly not worried. I don't think you should be either.