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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Fireworks from coil area!

well i been trying to figure out my problems , i started the car a fews min ago and there was arching all over the place by the coil , not just the wire everywhere , even arching below my drivers side header it looked too far down to be a plug wire
is my coil just bad i thinks its the orginal, can i just get this at autozone? does it come with a coil wire?, i mean there was archign crazy everywhere anyone had this problem with a bad coil thanks
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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replace all of the wires and replace the plugs. Do not buy cheap wires or theu willnot last very long. you are in need of a basic tune up it sounds like. How many mikes are on the car since the last tune up?


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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 07:45 PM
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the wires are brand new plugs are about 6 months old, i need to change my plugs and wires because my coil is arching?
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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you stated, that there was arching down around the header area as well. I have read that alittle arching around the coil is normal, but I've never seen this for myself.
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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I hope there aren't any Mikes on the car since the last tune up..lol..
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:23 PM
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but if its just one plug wire burnt it doesnt mean i have to swap the whole set?
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:26 PM
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No, you can just replace the one wire. you just didn't give much info to go on.
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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oh, my bad lol I just want to push my car in the river as of lately
im gonna change my coil and coil wire tommorow its the stocker btw ,
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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been there....good luck! I'm not sure I would go to the trouble of changing the coil, though. it is a bit of a pita...
Old Mar 7, 2004 | 04:52 AM
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I would say it's the coil. Had the same problem before, well maybe not as bad as yours. And the coil isn't that hard to change.
Old Mar 7, 2004 | 04:52 AM
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I would say it's the coil. Had the same problem before, well maybe not as bad as yours. And the coil isn't that hard to change.
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