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[Pmacca2000]

A couple of days ago I started my car as useual and it ran as smoothly as normal.
As I got to work she began to run very lumpy and was struggling for power, luckily Wilbury have squeezed me in  and managed to diagnose the problem.
The coil pack is all cracked with casing missing on one side and was failing to fire 1 and 6.
I am supprised that it broke down so fast but thankfully should be on the road by tonight

[Doctor Gollum]

And they didn't notice this when they were rebuilding it...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A couple of days ago I started my car as useual and it ran as smoothly as normal.
As I got to work she began to run very lumpy and was struggling for power, luckily Wilbury have squeezed me in  and managed to diagnose the problem.
The coil pack is all cracked with casing missing on one side and was failing to fire 1 and 6.
I am supprised that it broke down so fast but thankfully should be on the road by tonight

Isn't that both coil packs?

135  and 246.

[Bojan]

Isn't that both coil packs?

135  and 246.

It's probably 2.5 or 3.0.

[Pmacca2000]

There's only one coil pack and it was tested when the oil cooler failed but all was ok.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I bet it wasn't tested......

Anyway, I would be very surprised if it was 1 and 6.............1 and 4, 2 and 5 or 3 and 6 yes.......but its pretty much impossible for 1 and 6 to go down as a pair on a 2.5/3.0

[Doctor Gollum]

Hope that garage is going somewhere nice with all your money

[STEMO]

Hope that garage is going somewhere nice with all your money

The Wilbury's are travelling?

[Marks DTM Calib]

I bet it wasn't tested......

Anyway, I would be very surprised if it was 1 and 6.............1 and 4, 2 and 5 or 3 and 6 yes.......but its pretty much impossible for 1 and 6 to go down as a pair on a 2.5/3.0

I say this because if 1 and 6 are miss firing then its more likely to be leads.

When the coil packs go they usually give two misfires (as there are 3 coils).

[Pmacca2000]

I've seen the diagnostic this morning and it confirmed the coil pack was failing, new leads are being fitted so hopefully she'll prove reliable

[Doctor Gollum]

Cure the cause rather than the symptoms 

[cam.in.head]

The dreaded water feature built in ! And plug 6 learning to swim !.

[Doctor Gollum]

Ripping the foam out is a damn sight quicker, easier and cheaper than changing to coil pack(s) every time it rains

[cam.in.head]

On question to ask mr gollum .sorry to go off topic a bit!. When changing 2.5 coil is it worth non bosch such as intermotor etc or has anyone had trouble and only reccomend bosch?

[Doctor Gollum]

Genuine last longer/seem more waterproof than cheapy ones, but only ever had later dbw cars, 80% V6s with foamectomy so can't comment on the earlier cars part reliability

Basically it's your money, but buy cheap and treat it as a service item, or buy genuine and forget about it.