Death Of A Coil Pack

[MikLSP 0]

I'm sure many of you know the VR6 coil pack for being prone to cracking as the plastic become brittle next to the hot engine...

 

Well I just thought I'd share this one with you; the coil from my '99 Golf 1.6.

The car developed a misfire and while the coil looked ok from what you could see on the car, I took it off to inspect and found that it was absolutely knackered!The cracks were huge and ran right across the top and also into the resin base. There was so much corrosion beneath it had lifted the plastic by a few mm. No wonder this caused a misfire!

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So there you go VR6 owners, it's not just you with ignition coils that fall to bits :lol:

 

Mik

[CazzaVR 0]

That's terrible! :lol: My VR6 one was similar :gag:

[MikLSP 0]

Mine was cracked on the VR6 but nothing as bad as the Golf. Just a bad design I think

[Purgatori 1]

I think that's what you'd call Kaput! :lol:

[MikLSP 0]

Absolutely :lol:

Thankfully, I got another off ebay for £16 which sorted things out.

[Purgatori 1]

£16!? Bargain! :D

[Jim Bowen 1]

love this VW engineering i hear so much about. was commenting on this lastnight, after another mates van door has broken.

 

considering the VW advert has recentely been people shutting doors and saying "just like a VW"

 

well thats my corrado, mates mums polo, two transporter vans, all having problems with the door locks/shutting being crap :lol: