rocky
NAS-ROW Addict
Some of you will remember WR two years ago in that deep freeze when my truck was one of the ones that refused to start in the cold. After a while.....it burst into life.
That no start then start routine continued. The symptoms are the same, starter turns, perhaps you get a single pop or a couple of cylinders firing then nothing. Replacing the coil fixed the problem.
Its not the first coil I've had go bad and apparently not the last.
This time, it was the first sub zero cold snap that did it in. I left it to sulk the first time, then dropped a trickle charge in to it. Friday, by luck, I left the ignition on for a few minutes after an unsuccessful start while I got tools and a new coil. Coming back, I tried it again, started right up. Today, using the same almost glow plug like pause before starting approach and it starts.
Wasn't able to drop a replacement in today (Soccer Tournament to referee). But the question remains. Why are the coils lasting just a few thousand miles. Used to get tens of thousands of miles out of them.
That no start then start routine continued. The symptoms are the same, starter turns, perhaps you get a single pop or a couple of cylinders firing then nothing. Replacing the coil fixed the problem.
Its not the first coil I've had go bad and apparently not the last.
This time, it was the first sub zero cold snap that did it in. I left it to sulk the first time, then dropped a trickle charge in to it. Friday, by luck, I left the ignition on for a few minutes after an unsuccessful start while I got tools and a new coil. Coming back, I tried it again, started right up. Today, using the same almost glow plug like pause before starting approach and it starts.
Wasn't able to drop a replacement in today (Soccer Tournament to referee). But the question remains. Why are the coils lasting just a few thousand miles. Used to get tens of thousands of miles out of them.