Audi Should. .

[AMESSA4_NJ]

Recall these coilpacks and give everyone hitachi "E" series coilpacks. i just got mine in today from ECS tuning along with NGK plugs and the car runs beautiful now and pulls so hard in the 93 program. i went through about 8 coilpacks since august and now that i have the hitachi E series i feel in love. great product and should come with the a4 stock!

[Pete4 1.8t]

^x2! I have had them for almost 2 years I want to say and haven't had to touch them since I put them in. I have a hard time remembering what it was like without them but I remember the engine doesn't seem to labor as much on cold starts, it's a smoother idle.

[Plasticar]

Good chance the improved feel of the throttle is as much or more due to new plugs as the coil packs.

Recalls are done only for safety related situations, like adding heat shields to fuel lines or replacing the fuel pump. Something that is an intermittent failure that is more of an annoyance than safety is done by a technical service bulletin. When someones has an issue or complains, they fix it free. They SHOULD include all coil packs when someone has an issue, and I beleive extend coverage on this issue to 100k. That would be a fair solution.

[Tgr_Clw]

Hmmm. I still prefer running the OEM "R" coils to the Hitachis that I've ran for about 6 months.

[AMESSA4_NJ]

yes, i love the bolt down design as well

[Maverick]

The Stealership and Audi makes loads of money on coil packs. whenever you go in, they always have them in stock because they know people blow them.... :)
a recall on that will never happen.

[04_A4_1.8T]

hey post a pic of your set up i would love to see it... i keep blowing coils all the time...

[Jeff]

It's NOT about how much "profit" they can bring in by having coil packs changes as often as oil... but the R coils indeed put out a much higher and more efficient spark (higher voltage). The R coils are found in A4's that were designated "ULEV" starting from 2001 and up. The E coils are in the LEV vehicles. To meet the "ULEV" standard, the A/F mixture has to be burned and atomized much more efficiently, and the E coils can NOT provide that.

Because the R coils have a higher output, it's life expectancy is also adversely affected. Here's a test: open your spark plug gap to 0.034" with the R coils, it will most likely hold its own and not missfire. Now put in the E coils at that same gap, and your car will be stumbling the minute boost comes online. On the E coils, any gap over 0.030" + boost will not sustain itself.

So to say "R coils suck", they suck because they do not last... but it does not mean that they are more inferior than the E coils (which last up to 100k from what I've seen). E coils will also never blow up and "leave you stranded"...they will gradually and slowly start to die, as missfires begin to become more and more apparent until you literally need a 0.020" gap to keep the car running.

[eurogruppe]

i just bought the same setup as you did as well, except i got the spark plugs a month before the packs, until the stock packs decided to go...when i was at ECS Jon told me they are pretty much the best ones out, been running on there BT gti for a few years now and not one problem.

[Maverick]

It's NOT about how much "profit" they can bring in by having coil packs changes as often as oil... but the R coils indeed put out a much higher and more efficient spark (higher voltage). The R coils are found in A4's that were designated "ULEV" starting from 2001 and up. The E coils are in the LEV vehicles. To meet the "ULEV" standard, the A/F mixture has to be burned and atomized much more efficiently, and the E coils can NOT provide that.

Because the R coils have a higher output, it's life expectancy is also adversely affected. Here's a test: open your spark plug gap to 0.034" with the R coils, it will most likely hold its own and not missfire. Now put in the E coils at that same gap, and your car will be stumbling the minute boost comes online. On the E coils, any gap over 0.030" + boost will not sustain itself.

So to say "R coils suck", they suck because they do not last... but it does not mean that they are more inferior than the E coils (which last up to 100k from what I've seen). E coils will also never blow up and "leave you stranded"...they will gradually and slowly start to die, as missfires begin to become more and more apparent until you literally need a 0.020" gap to keep the car running.

good info Jeff!!!

[AMESSA4_NJ]

YES im very happy with them. b4 i had the "E" series pack i would get misfires always and made me want to sell the car. now that i have them it feels like a new car and makes me want to go BAT soon

[Jeff]

good Info Jeff!!!

谢谢