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Which aftermarket coil(s) will meet the 16V specs?
Larry
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John Erickson=20
To: Beavis Aunins ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Ignition coil woes
You have a replacement coil in your car. If you look at=20
the tests in the Bentley, you will notice that the test=20
for the secondary on an 8v coil is significantly lower=20
than it is for a 16v. This indicates that the 16v coil is=20
supposed to have a higher voltage output. Unfortunately,=20
VW (Bosch) no longer sells such a coil. All 16v coil part=20
numbers have been superceded to reflect 8v (lower voltage)=20
coils. The only solution is to go aftermarket (which I=20
have done). You will need to put a different connector on=20
the end of the high voltage wire running to the=20
distributor if you do this.
John
87 16v
"Beavis Aunins" <aaunins22@hotmail.com>
|
|
|Hi everyone,
|
| I recently installed new platinum plugs on my 87=20
|16V. The old F6DTC=20
|plugs looked dark and carbon fouled which led me to check=20
|some of the other components of the ignition system. I=20
|recently replaced the cap and rotor on the distributor,=20
|and the plug wires all tested fine with an ohm-meter.=20
| The timing was correct also. The distributor is only a=20
|couple of years old, with no leaks, etc...A spark test=20
|showed a orange spark instead of a healthy blue.
| However when I tested the resistance of the coil as=20
|outlined in the=20
|Bentley manual, I got some strange readings. The=20
|resistance of the secondary circuit between terminal 15 +=20
|and the center tower was 3000 ohms ( the manual says=20
|6-8000), and the primary circuit resistance between=20
|terminal 1 - and 15 + was 1.8 ohm (the manual says=20
|.6-.8). This is the second coil I have put in my car. I=20
|replaced it about a year and a half ago for not having=20
|the correct resistance readings, although I can't=20
|remember what they were before.
| Would having these readings cause a weak spark which=20
|could potentially=20
|be causing my problem? What could be causing my coil to=20
|go bad? Do these cars have a resistor wire that goes to=20
|the coil? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|Thanks in advance,
|
|Aaron
|
|
|
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87 16v
Long Beach
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Which aftermarket coil(s) will meet the =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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2002 11:39=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Ignition coil =
woes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>You have a replacement coil in your car. If you =
look at=20
<BR>the tests in the Bentley, you will notice that the test <BR>for =
the=20
secondary on an 8v coil is significantly lower <BR>than it is for a =
16v. =20
This indicates that the 16v coil is <BR>supposed to have a higher =
voltage=20
output. Unfortunately, <BR>VW (Bosch) no longer sells such a =
coil. =20
All 16v coil part <BR>numbers have been superceded to reflect 8v =
(lower=20
voltage) <BR>coils. The only solution is to go aftermarket =
(which I=20
<BR>have done). You will need to put a different connector on =
<BR>the=20
end of the high voltage wire running to the <BR>distributor if you do=20
this.<BR><BR>John<BR>87 16v<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"Beavis Aunins" <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:aaunins22@hotmail.com";>aaunins22@hotmail.com</A>><BR>|<=
BR>|<BR>|Hi=20
everyone,<BR>|<BR>| I recently installed new =
platinum=20
plugs on my 87 <BR>|16V. The old F6DTC <BR>|plugs looked dark =
and carbon=20
fouled which led me to check <BR>|some of the other components of the =
ignition=20
system. I <BR>|recently replaced the cap and rotor on the =
distributor,=20
<BR>|and the plug wires all tested fine with an ohm-meter. <BR>| The =
timing=20
was correct also. The distributor is only a <BR>|couple of years =
old,=20
with no leaks, etc...A spark test <BR>|showed a orange spark instead =
of a=20
healthy blue.<BR>| However when I tested the=20
resistance of the coil as <BR>|outlined in the <BR>|Bentley manual, I =
got some=20
strange readings. The <BR>|resistance of the secondary circuit =
between=20
terminal 15 + <BR>|and the center tower was 3000 ohms ( the manual =
says=20
<BR>|6-8000), and the primary circuit resistance between <BR>|terminal =
1 - and=20
15 + was 1.8 ohm (the manual says <BR>|.6-.8). This is the =
second coil I=20
have put in my car. I <BR>|replaced it about a year and a half =
ago for=20
not having <BR>|the correct resistance readings, although I can't=20
<BR>|remember what they were before.<BR>| =
Would having=20
these readings cause a weak spark which <BR>|could potentially <BR>|be =
causing=20
my problem? What could be causing my coil to <BR>|go bad? Do =
these cars=20
have a resistor wire that goes to <BR>|the coil? Any help would =
be=20
greatly appreciated.<BR>|<BR>|Thanks in=20
=
advance,<BR>|<BR>|Aaron<BR>|<BR>|<BR>|<BR>|______________________________=
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