luke187 Member 297 Member For: 11y 5m 3d Posted 27/11/14 05:03 AM Share Posted 27/11/14 05:03 AM Whats the proper procedure or what are people doing to test coil pack integrity? One or 2 are breaking down under load on my car and had a problem with them when I first got it running, so I dont want to do the coil shuffle on the side of the road swapping them till I find one. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/11/14 05:13 AM Share Posted 27/11/14 05:13 AM Correct procedure goes as follows Step 1 remove old coil packs x6Step 2 place in bin Step 3 install new GENUINE coil packs Dont stuff up step 1 and 2 Cheers 8 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5m 15d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 27/11/14 06:28 AM Share Posted 27/11/14 06:28 AM Agree with above, though I'm running a set of VDO coils that have done well so far, only set of coils I've put in and it was quite a while ago, now up to 247,000km. Bit cheaper than genuine from some eBay seller. Might have gotten lucky, who knows. Can probably get genuines for an OK price on eBay anyway. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 14y 3m 20d Posted 27/11/14 07:22 AM Share Posted 27/11/14 07:22 AM Test resistance in primary and then again on secondary. These resistance values give you a good gauge on the health of the coil pack. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tForMe Donating Members 275 Member For: 11y 10m 10d Gender: Male Posted 27/11/14 12:47 PM Share Posted 27/11/14 12:47 PM I would love to come up with a good test for this. I replaced my older original coils with cheap after market ones on new NA BA. The car went great for a while, but then started misbehaving. I wasted a lot of time and effort trying to fix the problem which was really the NEW coils. I tested resistance of the coils, but it did not show anything. I suspect that the problem is that the insulation within the coils is not good enough the high voltage spark jumps through the windings in the coils rather than goes through the spark plug.I think the only way to test would be a system which simulates actual work for the coil (and possibly puts it under a little higher than normal load) and then counts/measures good spark. If anyone has a good process for testing, I would love to hear it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5m 15d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 27/11/14 04:02 PM Share Posted 27/11/14 04:02 PM Yeah I've read you can't test them properly as you aren't putting them under the same load/heat conditions as driving the car hard does. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiboart Member 665 Member For: 20y 3m 24d Posted 27/11/14 08:45 PM Share Posted 27/11/14 08:45 PM Factoring the cost of time and labor and the age of the components involved (and hence the expected service life) you may as well replace the coils and plugs in one hit and get those variables out of the way. If it works great. If not you have fresh coils and plugs for the next 5+ years.The genuine Ford coils and plugs are not that expensive these days. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 11y 5m 3d Posted 28/11/14 06:00 AM Author Share Posted 28/11/14 06:00 AM Yeah I just wanted to keep some spare ones, going to get a new genuine set off the guy on ebay for $220 that guys have recommended to use. Theres only 1 sick one so throwing away 5 working ones is hard when they're known to fail as often as they do. Is it the heat that's killing them? Figured the cover must work as a little dutch oven for them.Anyone gone to aftermarket coils or an external type that have last longer? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 11y 10m 8d Gender: Male Posted 28/11/14 09:54 AM Share Posted 28/11/14 09:54 AM Inb4 weaponX h8 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tForMe Donating Members 275 Member For: 11y 10m 10d Gender: Male Posted 28/11/14 11:35 AM Share Posted 28/11/14 11:35 AM Yes. Throwing away 5 good ones, just because of 1 bad one seems wrong to do. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89645-testing-coil-packs/#findComment-1514750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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