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Change plugs AND coils
When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait until they go out?
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Michael Wilson > wrote in
: > When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait > until they go out? > You wait until they "go out". Change the plugs as per the the manual (and the wires, if any), and your coils will outlast the car. -- Tegger |
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Michael Wilson wrote:
> When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait until they go out? > > Thanks. Wait until they go bad... if they ever do go bad. |
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On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:38:05 PM UTC-5, Michael Wilson wrote:
> When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait until they go out? > > > > Thanks. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated! |
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Michael Wilson > wrote:
>When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait until they go out? Depends what kind of car and how much mileage is on it. There are some Ford models where the ignition driver module ought to be swwapped out in a tuneup, even. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> Michael Wilson wrote: >> When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait >> until they go out? >> >> Thanks. > > Wait until they go bad... if they ever do go bad. oh, they do. All the time. I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen an old fashioned external single barrel-style coil go bad. COP on the other hand?....all the time. Some mfgr even have TSB on replacing ALL of them for misfire codes (Ford), and "primary circuit malfunction codes" (Nissan). If the coils have boots you can replace, those should be done with the plugs as maintenance. They don't fit tightly on the plug once they are old. GW |
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Geoff Welsh wrote:
> Paul in Houston TX wrote: >> Michael Wilson wrote: >>> When you change plugs, do you go ahead and change the coils or wait >>> until they go out? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Wait until they go bad... if they ever do go bad. > > oh, they do. All the time. I can count on one hand the number of times > I have seen an old fashioned external single barrel-style coil go bad. > COP on the other hand?....all the time. Some mfgr even have TSB on > replacing ALL of them for misfire codes (Ford), and "primary circuit > malfunction codes" (Nissan). > > If the coils have boots you can replace, those should be done with the > plugs as maintenance. They don't fit tightly on the plug once they are > old. > GW Interesting! Thanks Geoff. I will remember about the coils. |
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