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VW passat ignition coils

  • 23-12-2013 1:13pm
    #1
    duckypoohs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    First off merry xmas everyone.

    My 2006 1.6 fsi started running rough 2 days ago. Thankfully only 5 mins from home so its parked up since then. Googled and came up with ignition coils. Question is this, I pulled 4 coils and cyl 1&4 are clean. Where as 2 is gooey and 3 starting to go gooey. Now if i replace all of them do i need to reset anything. As in will car start now that i have pulled the coils off the plugs? Obviously i mean when new ones fitted and not with 4 leads lying on rocker cover...:P


    Cheers


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  • #2
    Tropheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    You really need to get a scan done with VAG-COM or VCDS. It's not necessarily the ignition coils causing the problem. A scan will tell you for sure. A couple of new coils could be up to €80 and is money wasted if that's not the problem.

    Any decent mechanic should be able to diagnose this for you.


  • #3
    duckypoohs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭duckypoohs


    Cheers for the response.

    As it is not firing on all cylinders i am worried of destroying the cat converter driving it. But seeing how the coils on 1 and 4 are perfect and coil 2 are oozing resin would it not bee a fair indication that this is the problem? Might call to local mechanic to see if he would take a look.


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