[T3] Blue Coil

[James Lingenfelter]

  OK, I just removed the now notorious "scummy black coil" from the  
squareback. Some scrubbing on the side revealed it is a "Borg Warner"  
coil. Don't know much about these, I'm thinking maybe they were OEM  
on some American cars? Any way, there is a Bosch coil on the car now  
and it is running as I write this.
   Unfortunately, one of the few things I DO understand about this  
running problem is that it is extremely intermittent. It ran  
perfectly for a month between the first two episodes. Since it is  
getting dark, the trial run will NOT be tonight. Hopefully Saturday I  
will have time to go out and risk getting stranded. Thanks again to  
everybody for all the info.

On Jan 27, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/27/2011 6:15:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jimmyandcher at yahoo.com writes:
>
> 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:
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>
>
>
>
> I wasn't trying to sell you anything. I was just suggesting that IF  
> you can
>  borrow a coil for testing, I'd give it a try. You wouldn't have  
> anything
> to  loose other than some time. You could always ask one of your VW  
> friends
> if you  borrow one to try.
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 71 Notch (Krunchy)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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