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 Post subject: zx16v - second Ignition coil die in a month
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:58 am 
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Hi

about 3-4 week ago 1 ignition coil failed, i replaced it, today another one die :?

is it just a coincidence or maybe something cause the coils to fail, what could it be? :roll:


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:25 am 

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they are all the same age so if one has failed i would expect them all to be getting old and replace them all especially seeing as they are not that expensive



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:33 pm 
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whitty_zx wrote:
especially seeing as they are not that expensive


in Israel they are a little expensive

how much cost one coil in england?


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:03 pm 
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whitty_zx wrote:
they are all the same age so if one has failed i would expect them all to be getting old and replace them all especially seeing as they are not that expensive


I'd only replace the broken ones, €70 is not really cheap, €280 is even more :shock:
It's an easy job so that's not a problem.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:35 pm 

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about 50 pound i paid for one.yeah dont like the heat.but that all i need so 50 aint to bad.if it get ur lovely car going again



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:50 am 

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I had a spark plug lead (ignition coil) breakdown and so it ran on only 3 cylinders until the fault was diagnosed. Since then it has been running very well.
However since the lead changes the car has been developing a similar problem (intermittent) as before. Although the sparks were changed at the same time the car sometimes losses power, sounds like a boxer engine and then runs okay again. Very Odd. Can anybody shed any light if this is common problem, if the leads/ignition coil are unreliable, distributor problems, injectors etc.

Thnaks


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:57 am 
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I ask my mechanic and he said that maybe the ignition module killing the coils

There are 2 modules how can i know which one connect to which coils?


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:07 pm 
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Check the schematics, if you have them.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:39 am 
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I checked it, it's not the module (the 2 coil that broke down connected to different coil)
one module connect to the coils on cylinder 1 and 3
and one module connect to the coils on cylinder 2 and 4

I replaced the spark plugs, hope it will be ok


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:48 pm 
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Ok.
I've heard this before, if one dies chances are another one follows rapidly.
But I only replace them when they are really broken.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:26 am 

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Clean the contacts on the ignition modules first...if problem still persists, then it could be one of coils which are almost dead...tony has some spare coils to sell...



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