[T3] Blue Coil

Don Robertson donrob at yachtsales.com
Thu Jan 27 09:51:58 PST 2011


I have run a Bosch blue coil (from Brazil, the ones made in Mexico 
look different and are junk) on my beetle for 12 years with no 
problem at all.  I think I changed the points once in that time, and 
then only because they were 10 years old, not because they quit.

I also put one on my 67 type 3 and ran it for a couple of years 
before I sold the car, with no problems.

Look here: 
http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=Bosche+coil&Search1=Search 
The one I had good luck with is BOS-00012.  Click on it, there is a 
good write up on them.


At 12:38 PM 1/27/2011, you wrote:

>:-)
>
>That sounds like exactly the OPPOSITE of what you should be doing.
>Probably wants to sell you a blue coil...
>
>The blue coils have a very high failure rate, but the black ones never seem
>to fail, no matter how crappy they look.
>
>Not that it CANT be bad, but don't stick a blue coil on there instead, find
>another black one, they are plentiful.
>
>Keith
>
>
>Correct.... no chokes. Tell me what you guys think of this: I
>mentioned this problem today to a guy who works on aircooled vw's,
>and he asked about the coil on the car. I told him that it was a
>scummy looking very old black coil. He cursed black coils and said
>that was likely the source of the problem, and instructed me to get a
>Bosch blue coil right away. Does this sound like good advice?
>
>On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Jim Adney wrote:
>
> > On 26 Jan 2011 at 13:42, Dave Hall wrote:
> >
> >> Check both carbs have the choke heater wires connected firmly -
> >> they can
> >> fray with engine vibrations over time - and operate correctly.  If
> >> one is
> >> fully closed and the other opening properly, you will get very uneven
> >> running.  (Assumes you still have the autochokes functioning, not
> >> disabled
> >> and set permanently open).
> >>
> >> Another twin carb problem is if one of the balance pipe
> >> connections is loose
> >> and causing an air leak.  That will cause a similar fault.
> >
> > He's got Weber 34ICTs. Probably no chokes or balance pipes.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Adney
> > jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, WI USA
> >
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