Ignition coil woes

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

Like, ALL of them.  Pick a standard looking coil with a high voltage 
(40,000 volts) output.  Install it.  Modify the connector on the end of the 
high tension cable running to the distributor.  All done.

John


At 05:02 PM 12/14/2002 -0800, L F wrote:
>Which aftermarket coil(s) will meet the 16V specs?
>
>Larry
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:ranahan@charter.net>John Erickson
>>To: <mailto:aaunins22@hotmail.com>Beavis Aunins ; 
>><mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>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
>>the tests in the Bentley, you will notice that the test
>>for the secondary on an 8v coil is significantly lower
>>than it is for a 16v.  This indicates that the 16v coil is
>>supposed to have a higher voltage output.  Unfortunately,
>>VW (Bosch) no longer sells such a coil.  All 16v coil part
>>numbers have been superceded to reflect 8v (lower voltage)
>>coils.  The only solution is to go aftermarket (which I
>>have done).  You will need to put a different connector on
>>the end of the high voltage wire running to the
>>distributor if you do this.
>>
>>John
>>87 16v
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Beavis Aunins" <<mailto:aaunins22@hotmail.com>aaunins22@hotmail.com>
>>|
>>|
>>|Hi everyone,
>>|
>>|     I recently installed new platinum plugs on my 87
>>|16V.  The old F6DTC
>>|plugs looked dark and carbon fouled which led me to check
>>|some of the other components of the ignition system.  I
>>|recently replaced the cap and rotor on the distributor,
>>|and the plug wires all tested fine with an ohm-meter.
>>| The timing was correct also.  The distributor is only a
>>|couple of years old, with no leaks, etc...A spark test
>>|showed a orange spark instead of a healthy blue.
>>|     However when I tested the resistance of the coil as
>>|outlined in the
>>|Bentley manual, I got some strange readings.  The
>>|resistance of the secondary circuit between terminal 15 +
>>|and the center tower was 3000 ohms ( the manual says
>>|6-8000), and the primary circuit resistance between
>>|terminal 1 - and 15 + was 1.8 ohm (the manual says
>>|.6-.8).  This is the second coil I have put in my car.  I
>>|replaced it about a year and a half ago for not having
>>|the correct resistance readings, although I can't
>>|remember what they were before.
>>|     Would having these readings cause a weak spark which
>>|could potentially
>>|be causing my problem?  What could be causing my coil to
>>|go bad? Do these cars have a resistor wire that goes to
>>|the coil?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>|
>>|Thanks in advance,
>>|
>>|Aaron
>>|
>>|
>>|
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>>John
>>87 16v
>>Long Beach
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