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• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:56:46 -0700
  ...There was a problem with the Grey label coils failing. You need to use only Green label Bosch coils now, not the grey. Are...
• bosch coil info
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:11:54 -0400
  does any one have or know where to get technical data for bosch ignition coils. specifically i would like to find out the differences...
• checking coil and icu?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:30:02 -0700
  how do you 1) check a coil 2) check an ignition control unit no spark. got gas and power to coil. both are spendy...
• Re: Didn't start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 15:22:02 -0800
  ...Maybe coil. I replaced the old coil and the new one wasn�t as strong as the old one so I put back the...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:36:47 -0400
  When you jumper the 12V to coil positive, you should hear ECU relay click, then as soon as the ECU powers up the fuel...
• Burned off end on coil
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:34:12 -0700
  After 6 months of use I noticed the insulated end of my coil where the coil high voltage wire exits was burned off but...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:19:33 -0400
  ...there just doesn't seem to be any mehansism available to damage a coil: (i) grounding the coil wire will not cause the coil...
• Re: Non-stock ignition coils/plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:09:36 -0500
  The coil change has to do with the ignition wire connectors. The later coil and distributor cap use a post for the connection. Most...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:20:38 -0400
  If you're not getting +12 on the coil positive side, then ignition switch is likely reason. But before you said you *do* have...
• Re: Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 03:29:33 +0000
  Hi List, I've seen more than one 2.1L ignition coil leak all the internal cooling oil. The oil residue made a real...
• Re: 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:51:19 -0400
  Did you get the correct coil? I have seen universal or performance coils destroy the ECU. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: stumbling backfiring '91 carat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:55:03 -0400
  ...I also had a new silver bosch coil go bad > just last year (on one of my other vanagons) this coil was just over...
• Re: Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:50:34 -0700
  The 2 black wires to terminal 15 of the coil play a critical role in whether the van starts or not. Whenever the vans...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:11:42 -0400
  ...Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming from G2). Coil has been swapped. New dist. cap and coil wire (swapped...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:23:36 -0400
  If your coil is hot, your dwell time is too long. Unfortunately you can't adjust dwell on factory ECU's. Or you have...
• Re: 86-87, 2.1L ignition coil
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:35:51 -0500
  > The ignition coil you need is # > Bosch 0221 122 349 > VW 211 905 115D > But most of all it must have a green Bosch...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:03:37 +0100
  Joseph, Check that the connector on the end of the wire is the same as the connector on the coil. There are two kinds...
• Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:18:12 -0500
  I just got back from walmart parking lot (oh, joy) where I took the loaner coil my local shop let me use for troubleshooting...
• No spark
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:49:54 EDT
  ...No spark from coil, tested coil wire for resistance= total resistance. Substituted another wire, still no spark. I have power to coil. Replaced distributor...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:16:22 -0400
  ...It's reverse biased against the coil drive voltage, so it doesn't short out the coil; but when the circuit opens the collapsing...
• Fw: '87 ECU or ? correction
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 08:09:16 -0500
  ...If the tach is ok the >primary coil circuit is ok. This doesn't eliminate the secondary (high >voltage side ) of the coil. So...
• Re: No spark, good coil, etc
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:24:49 -0500
  ...There is 11.8V going to the coil. I > see, there are two black wires going to the coil. One has 11.8V the...
• If it's not one thing, it's another...
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:39:04 -0500
  ...Yau-Man who provided the exact coil checking method I was looking for), I traced my troubles to a bad coil, replaced the offending...
• Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:44:24 -0400
  ...I remembered that I had the original coil in the cabinet. Problem Electrical, Coil = Electrical Component, why not? There are only two screws, so...
• Re: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:13:43 -0700
  ...If ya remember a few weeks ago I replaced the plugs and coil > > (old coil had orange spark at time). I know the new...
• Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 17:25:36 -0400
  Has anyone experienced ignition coil failure on a 2.1L Digifant system? I've had two on two different vehicles. Initially the engine misses...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help! & My EB Breakdown
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:38:25 -0400
  Jeff Stewart wrote: > Anyone else have a problem with these new & old sttle connectors? > Jeff My '84 7 passenger has the old style coil...
• Coil springs for Macphearson struts
  Historical mailing list - ron ourada
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:22:36 -0500
  Does anyone know of a vendor for the coil part of Macphearson strut front suspension? I'd gladly order the whole assembly; I find...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:19:17 -0500
  ...assuming voltage at coil (+), light should flicker > when touching coil (-) while cranking; if no light, coil primary is open > (bad coil); if steady light...
• Ignition Coil(s) Differences
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 5 May 1998 15:01:30 -0700
  Listees, I may need a new coil for 84 Westfalia, 1.9 L engine. Haynes (UK) Manual differentiates between green sticker and gray sticker...
• Re: why is 2.1 eating ignition coils?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:32:04 -0700
  ...I am running Bosch Platinum single and the triple electrode versions in a few of my WBX vans and have had no coil issues...
• Re: bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:38:24 -0500
  ...I replaced the coil. Came back 3 months later, dead, again" My reply is check for Bosch platinum plugs, if so, replace the coil...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:39:51 -0700
  ...from my > experience. > > Check the part number on your silver coil, against what our list vendors > are offering.. > > Happy hot coil running… > Cook dinner...
• Re: Failure to start problems.
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:03:10 -0700
  ...Could be a bad coil (or weak primary current to the coil) - the spark should be a definite bluish-white, & able to jump ~3...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:31:29 -0700
  Bruce, On the colour change of the coil, early or late? Black painted steel or Aluminum covers (Alistair's wonderful Heat-Sink Aluminum photo...
• Ignition Coil and Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:02:48 -0400
  ...Reconnect the coil wire and no way, my van didn't want to start anymore. I suspect the coil now. I disconnected the coil...
• Oil Filter Worries (and other nuggets...)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:45:39 -0700
  You would have a much easier time of "shutting off" the coil if you placed your permanent kill switch in the 12V lead that...
• coil wire on AC vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:46:53 -0400
  Hello, According to the Bentley, California and Federal version air cooled Vanagons take different coil wires. The maximum resistance across the wire is 12...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:29:30 -0700
  ...The "transistorized ignition control unit" in the ECU controls both the voltage and firing of the coil. These coils don't appear to have...
• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:59:25 -0400
  As I stated this is only a problem I have seen with the Vanagon factory coil. After market coil seem to be fine with...
• Re: New coil leaking tar
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:51:26 -0700
  ...I opened the lid and saw black oil on the coil area. The coil's top was blown way off.. I think it had...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:55:18 -0700
  ...Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming from G2). >>> Coil has been swapped. >>> New dist. cap and coil wire (swapped...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:15:47 -0400
  ...The "transistorized > ignition control unit" in the ECU controls both the voltage and firing > of the coil. Hi Stuart, Thanx for the suggestion. It...
• Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:02:43 -0700
  I bought a new coil off of the list, but when i got it, i found it will not fit. Joy! On my old...
• Re: crank, wont start_coil testing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:37:32 -0800
  After heating the coil in a 200 degree oven for an hour! Expansion from high temps is what causes the internal shorts, which may...
• New Coil FS
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:34:20 -0700
  Brand new Bosch coil for vnangon for sale. $25 It is the one without the post inside the coil wire socket. It is just...
• Vehicle does not start, ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vehicle does not start, ignition miss
  March 31, 1990
  If the engine does not start or in case of ignition related engine miss, check the ignition coil for bitumen leakage. Bitumen leakage may...
• Re: 2 Rear Heater Coil
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:28:05 -0800
  ...2 Rear Heater Coil Hi All, I need a rear heater coil, some in emailed me a while back saying that the Rabbit front...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:16:46 -0700
  ...There is nothing in the coil that runs the tach, it just > counts > > the on off pulses that fire the coil. > > > > Stuart > > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:11:23 -0400
  ...assuming voltage at coil (+), light should flicker >> when touching coil (-) while cranking; if no light, coil primary is open >> (bad coil); if steady light...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:53:44 -0700
  ...Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming from G2). >>> Coil has been swapped. >>> New dist. cap and coil wire (swapped...
• 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:35:48 -0500
  Yesterday I changed out the coil. I tested the new one in place using the distributor wire - and found this. The new coil put...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help! & My EB Breakdown
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:19:56 -0400
  ...Check the connections at the ECU and the coil. A bad coil can cause power loss under high load conditions but still work fine...
• I tuned the 82 and now NO GO, help wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 19:30:08 -0700
  ...I checked the rotor, coil, and coil wire for resisitance. The coil wire hit 8500 on the ohm meter. Bently says 2400 or less...
• Re: checking coil and icu?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 03:02:41 +0000
  ...Check the ign coil secondary tower (term 4) for a high voltage spark when an on-off frequency is occurring at the coil negative...
• Re: bosch blue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:43:44 -0400
  Unless there is more than one "Blue" version, this coil is designed for a point ignition system and the coil has a built in...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:51:30 -0700
  ...You may have seen correlation between Platinum plugs and dead coils, but I think it's correlation only. The coils were already defunct. I...
• Re: Ignition coil failure and ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:10:42 -0400
  Sounds like you were given a "Universal" Bosch Red High performance coil. The coil for the electronic ignition is very specific and the even...
• which ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 18:09:17 -0600
  I'm going to buy a new coil for Billy and put the one I have back on the GL. VolksCafe shows a different...
• Re: Coil - difference in MY '88
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:26:32 -0600
  ...Westy. > Was thinking of swapping in the coil from my '90, but I see the '88 & '89 > takes a different coil. Can I do...