has anyone ever had a coil just stop working on them? i have never had a vehicle with distributorless ignition before and on the way to work this morning the car started misfiring. when i pulled the plugs out to check them, one of them was still wet which means the coil is not firing? i have to wait until monday or tuesday for the replacement part, so i was just wondering if anyone else has gone through anything like this before?

thanks
-J

 

why would you jump into conclusion that the coil is bad? did you test it?

maybe its just the spark plug itself that is bad...

 

the plug that was wet was the one closest to the firewall. i took that coil and switched it to the front one for easier access to it. i started the car. car runs rough, still misfiring. i inplug the first coil and there is absolutely no change in the way the car is running. if the coil was good and i now had two cyliders misfiring cause i unplugged one and had a bad spark plug (like you are saying it could just be the plug) the car would have pretty much shut off or it would have at least run a lot worse had i only been running on the two middle cylinders. i am pretty sure it is the coil. either way i have a set of plugs and a couple coils on order so i can change them. just wondering if anyone else has run into something like this. no warning signs. just suddenly starts misfiring.

 

Ive been having idle issues latley, Ive pulled my plugs and both of them closest to the firewall where soaked with fuel. I was told thats normal in this car. I havent had any misfires.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchblack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the plug that was wet was the one closest to the firewall. i took that coil and switched it to the front one for easier access to it. i started the car. car runs rough, still misfiring. i inplug the first coil and there is absolutely no change in the way the car is running. if the coil was good and i now had two cyliders misfiring cause i unplugged one and had a bad spark plug (like you are saying it could just be the plug) the car would have pretty much shut off or it would have at least run a lot worse had i only been running on the two middle cylinders. i am pretty sure it is the coil. either way i have a set of plugs and a couple coils on order so i can change them. just wondering if anyone else has run into something like this. no warning signs. just suddenly starts misfiring.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just an fyi, I have seen and heard of a coil going bad on s2000s, although it's very rare.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by revhi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ive been having idle issues latley, Ive pulled my plugs and both of them closest to the firewall where soaked with fuel. I was told thats normal in this car. I havent had any misfires.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's not normal to have plugs soaked with fuel while the engine is running. Sounds like you have a problem.

 

well, then i have one of those rare things. when i got the replacement coil in and the new plugs today i pulled the codes again on the computer. i had switched the coil i suspected to be bad to the front cylinder, which should be #1. i had to drive my car home from work sat, which was only like 2 miles, so the check engine light was back on. today when i pulled the codes it specified cylinder 1 misfire. the plugs definately needed to be changed, so those were changed and i changed out the coil and the car runs perfectly smooth now. no problems. actually, it sounds better than before. i think those plugs were overdue.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchblack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, then i have one of those rare things. when i got the replacement coil in and the new plugs today i pulled the codes again on the computer. i had switched the coil i suspected to be bad to the front cylinder, which should be #1. i had to drive my car home from work sat, which was only like 2 miles, so the check engine light was back on. today when i pulled the codes it specified cylinder 1 misfire. the plugs definately needed to be changed, so those were changed and i changed out the coil and the car runs perfectly smooth now. no problems. actually, it sounds better than before. i think those plugs were overdue.</TD></TR></TABLE>

was it possible that the plug(s) were bad and not the coilpack?