[T3] Blue Coil

Thu Jan 27 17:15:28 PST 2011

  I have also run nothing but blue coils on all my VW's- until this  
one- for many years and countless thousands of miles (all daily  
drivers); never had a problem. And this particular guy doesn't sell  
any parts, so no he wasn't trying to sell me a coil.

On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Don Robertson wrote:

>
> 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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