Ingnition coil pack failure

[alfatwo]

Went for a lovely 80 mile run into the Cotswold's today, the old 3200GT was running superb..

Went for a cup a coffee for half an hour on the way back.. when I started it up in the car park it was on 7 cylinders with a engine fault code saying ign coil pack primary/secondary failure

It was a hot day, perfect one minute not the next. ...Any thoughts guys?

Dave

 

[CatmanV2]

They break. Hostile environment.

C

 

[CatmanV2]

They break. Hostile environment.

C

 

[Wack61]

Had one go on my 4200 last week Bosch almost 1/2 the price of oem , under £50

 

[alfatwo]

Had one go on my 4200 last week Bosch almost 1/2 the price of oem , under £50

Any part number's Wack... I suppose I'll need to buy a spare to do diagnostic's

Cheers mate

Dave

 

[highlander]

These cars do test our love sometimes.......Sorry to hear Dave, hope it is an easy fix.

 

[Rex B]

Dave go on the eurocarparts web site they have them listed under Maserati 3200 for £72 less 37 percent if you order online using discount code HOLIDAY75.

Rex B

 

[Wack61]

What the AA guy did with mine was individually disconnect the coil pack joining plugs to each cylinder until the tick over didn't change , if it's firing on 7 , then it's firing on 6 it's not that one , until one was disconnected and it still sounded the same as it did at the start

I do know the left and right banks have different part number the numbers are stamped on the top on mine

Using Rex's part number on eurocar parts I found then for £41 v £45

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l...s/ignition1/ignition-coil/?413735000&0&000197

It's eurocarparts sister site, they publicise eurocarparts a lot but these are usually cheaper without the pretend discounts

 

[davy83]

the rubber tube is short on these ones, you can get these on e-bay too. if you reuse the old rubber tubes its ok. make sure they are clean if you do re-use them.

What the AA guy did with mine was individually disconnect the coil pack joining plugs to each cylinder until the tick over didn't change , if it's firing on 7 , then it's firing on 6 it's not that one , until one was disconnected and it still sounded the same as it did at the start

I do know the left and right banks have different part number the numbers are stamped on the top on mine

Using Rex's part number on eurocar parts I found then for £41 v £45

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l...s/ignition1/ignition-coil/?413735000&0&000197

It's eurocarparts sister site, they publicise eurocarparts a lot but these are usually cheaper without the pretend discounts

 

[alfatwo]

Ordered a genuine Valeo 3200 coil pack from Parkers for £26 with my trade discount, so we'll see what turns up..

If It's correct I'll add it to the SM parts list

Dave

 

[Twinturbo]

Unless it's a total failure it could be just a connection issue which could be easily fixed by checking connection to spark plug and electrical connection collapse even look for a large crack going down the stalk creating an arc onto the block but that usually creates a miss at higher rpms under boost Nothing a bit of high temp
Silicone can't fix till u find the replacement part , how u go in the end?

 

[Contigo]

A £20k engine rebuild and it's still farked!

Hope you sort it soon.

 

[Twinturbo]

A £20k engine rebuild and it's still farked!

Hope you sort it soon.

What? Did something catastrophic happen??? Thought it was a coil pack issue..?

 

[Contigo]

End float mate.

 

[Twinturbo]

Ouch, really sorry to hear that

 

[mjheathcote]

Ouch, really sorry to hear that ��

Dave got his end float issue fixed, at great cost, over the last year or so, this coil pack issue is a new problem now its back on the road.
Hopefully, fixed at much less cost!

 

[alfatwo]

All fixed now and back on the road £26 for the Valeo coil pack and £30 for a new extension piece. so not too bad

Maser Price £96 for the coil pack..£56 for the extension, plus tax... total rip off!

I'm going to buy another for a spare


Dave

 

[RW3200]

Glad to read it's back on song.
Was painful to read after all before, hopefully it's all pleasure from here on, it's certainly deserved.

R

 

[hladun]

I had a Jaguar XJ6 and they had coil failure problems. Like the 3200 engine they have a lovely cover over the coil packs and that's the problem. There's heat buildup and the coils fail. 4200 engines have no such cover and no coil failure problems. Looks good, works worse.

 

[Coxy13]

Hi Guys,

Where can I order these coils from? I have just had coil pack H let go and am looking down the barrell of $200 AUD for a replacement. I just had a look in alternative parts but I see Dave got one for 26 quid??

Tim