Coilpacks Suck!

[A4ringedONE8T]

Just wanted to vent! One of my coilpacks blew this evening and now my car sounds like a WRX! Ill also add my car is slower than a snail now with it running only on 3 cylinders!

Shawn

[Gator911]

Does it sound like a WRX or an STi??

[A4ringedONE8T]

Does it sound like a WRX or an STi??

And they sound different?

[LDadrenaline]

It sounds like this??
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/dd2c9519-503f-4000-9026-c30137ffd689.htm



lolz.... sry idk what the part youre talking about is, but I'm assuming it means only half the engine is running. Hope it gets fixed soon :)

[J_dEAl]

my boy ran into the same issue with his 1.8t gti a few times

[A4ringedONE8T]

It sounds like this??
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/dd2c9519-503f-4000-9026-c30137ffd689.htm



lolz.... sry idk what the part youre talking about is, but I'm assuming it means only half the engine is running. Hope it gets fixed soon :)

Yea it was running on only 3 cylinders. Got a new coilpack this morning, 25 bucks and 2 min install and back to normal!! The coilpacks are an known problem with all 1.8T's

[JonnyChimpO]

Good to here you got everythng going.

[LynxZ3r0]

Been there, done that. You're lucky you don't have an ATW engine. $25 is a friggin bargain. I think I paid $70 a piece. :(

[TheDarkSide]

It sounds like this??
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/dd2c9519-503f-4000-9026-c30137ffd689.htm



lolz.... sry idk what the part youre talking about is, but I'm assuming it means only half the engine is running. Hope it gets fixed soon :)

Damn, that car in the center lane was pulling strong!

[A4ringedONE8T]

Been there, done that. You're lucky you don't have an ATW engine. $25 is a friggin bargain. I think I paid $70 a piece. :(

There all cheap now, retail is 89 bucks each for the ones I got. They sell them for CHEAP now because as many break, it was costing the dealer too much to pay for new ones for warranty. So to lower the price the dealer pays, the price in general was dropped considerably!

[carguy101]

Ne other known major prolems with the 1.8t just wonderin cus i'm lookin?

[LDadrenaline]

Damn, that car in the center lane was pulling strong!


an E46 M3 pulled strong on a wrx wagon with only exhaust!? NO WAY! :jerkit:

[TheDarkSide]

:boink:

[A4ringedONE8T]

Ne other known major prolems with the 1.8t just wonderin cus i'm lookin?

Not really specific to the 1.8T, common Audi/VW Problems are: Coilpacks, Window Regulators, AC Compressor, Water Pumps, Sunroof Switches

All of these are covered under warranty no matter how modded you are so none of them are to worry about

[SlickShift]

Not really specific to the 1.8T, common Audi/VW Problems are: Coilpacks, Window Regulators, AC Compressor, Water Pumps, Sunroof Switches

Very similar to the problems on BMWs too. Must be a german thing. :germanflag: :roll:

[TheDarkSide]

:cry:

[mk4jetta]

Ne other known major prolems with the 1.8t just wonderin cus i'm lookin?

besides what is already listed....1.8t passat and audi a4's have a bad problem with engine sludging/gelling. if you are looking at one of these models look inside the oil cap and make sure there is no major sludge down in the valve cover or any caked up oil on the oil cap. if there is...don't buy it. its an easy fix..but in the event that warranty won't cover it you don't want to have to pay out of your pocket to fix it.

[ben]

Just wanted to vent! One of my coilpacks blew this evening and now my car sounds like a WRX! Ill also add my car is slower than a snail now with it running only on 3 cylinders!

Shawn

coils going bad are supposed to be one of the more common problems with the e46 m3... hopefully if i ever have engine trouble that severe, coils are the culprit as im sure there are worse things that could go wrong.

[JCapelo]

Is it all fixed now...

[A4ringedONE8T]

yea, I got another coil pack the next morning. 25 bucks, 2 minute install and good to go

[carguy101]

Thanks for the advice!