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Old 09-24-2018, 01:31 PM   #1
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Please let us know how the increased "sexual vitality" works out for ya
Wife returns home from work around 7. I'll keep you posted...
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Old 10-11-2018, 08:15 AM   #2
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Wife returns home from work around 7. I'll keep you posted...
I believe I'm going to start replacing coils every week.
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Old 10-11-2018, 11:54 AM   #3
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I would love 2 of them for spares, if you have any left.
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Old 10-11-2018, 05:44 PM   #4
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I’d like two if you still some some.

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Old 10-12-2018, 05:43 AM   #5
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All coils have been acounted for. Sorry.
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Old 10-12-2018, 06:10 AM   #6
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Lifespan for coil packs..?

I believe that the coils get externally damaged by extreme humidity (arcing..?) and internally by extreme heat, and not by mileage. Please note that I am not expert on this issue and I am saying this based on my own personal experience (results may vary..)

But I owned my '07 CS for a bit more than 10 years and 105k miles on the clock, and the OEM coils looked and performed just fine, perhaps the dry and not extreme weather in SoCal help it somehow.

I also own an '88 Alfa Romeo Milano with 175k miles on the clock and still have the original coil.. on the other hand we replaced the 5 coil packs on my son S60 Volvo with about 180k on the clock


Perhaps someone can provide more technical information regarding the life of the coil packs
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Old 10-12-2018, 02:24 PM   #7
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I believe that the coils get externally damaged by extreme humidity (arcing..?) and internally by extreme heat, and not by mileage. Please note that I am not expert on this issue and I am saying this based on my own personal experience (results may vary..)

But I owned my '07 CS for a bit more than 10 years and 105k miles on the clock, and the OEM coils looked and performed just fine, perhaps the dry and not extreme weather in SoCal help it somehow.

I also own an '88 Alfa Romeo Milano with 175k miles on the clock and still have the original coil.. on the other hand we replaced the 5 coil packs on my son S60 Volvo with about 180k on the clock


Perhaps someone can provide more technical information regarding the life of the coil packs
No technical info from me... however, when I removed the 6 coils... all looked fantastic absent some oil grime buildup. I was throwing zero codes, and likely could have waited to install my new ones when codes eventually came popping up. After cleaning them up, they looked perfect. However, I've a bunch of parts waiting to be installed (cooler weather is arriving, I have no garage), and the new ones looked so clean and shiny, practically begging to be installed on top of the new plugs. I succumbed.
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