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From: Tegger on 9 Nov 2009 09:33
Fatter Than Ever Moe <HardTimes(a)TheFarm> wrote in
news:4af81002$0$5347$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net:

> Tegger wrote:

>>
>>
>>
>> If you're not getting any misfire codes, save your money. Coils last
>> basically forever.
>>
>>
>
> I wouldn't mess with them unless one of them failed,



You'll get a hint of that when you start seeing an MIL with P03xx codes.
And even then it probably won't be the coils, but something else instead.




--
Tegger

From: Jeff Strickland on 9 Nov 2009 11:42

"in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6514a500-54a5-4190-b882-64b083a52d6a(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 8, 7:53 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
> in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:98448173-1e7f-430c-909a-
> b09149d82...(a)r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I plan on replacing my coil packs on my 01 camry soon. I don't know
> > why I thought it was more involved than it is . It looks pretty
> > simple. Except the back one looks hard to get at. Manual says take off
> > the air intake.
>
> > Any cautions I need to be aware of ..? Thanks.
>
> Why do you want to replace them?
>
> --
> Tegger

It's got 161k on it and I replaced the wires and plugs 35k miles ago
and had to do it again last week. I'd rather do it over thanksgiving
than take a day off from work. I have a compact seasonal work schedule
and missing an unplanned day tending to it would be much more costly
than the price of the parts.....

Also the manual says on the 4 cyl. you can't really test them.



<JS>
I'm missing something. If you replaced WIRES ... 35k ago, then you have no
coil packs. Well, I suppose you could have two of them, one for each two
plugs. You'd have wires in that case.

I don't know how Toyota does it, my nieghbor's Camry has a distributor and
wires. My car has coil packs, but there are six of them, so no wires -- and
my car is not a Toyota.



</JS>





From: in2dadark on 9 Nov 2009 19:23
On Nov 8, 8:39 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
> in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:6514a500-54a5-4190-b882-
> 64b083a52...(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Nov 8, 7:53 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
> >> in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:98448173-1e7f-430c-909a-
> >> b09149d82...(a)r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > I plan on replacing my coil packs on my 01 camry soon. I don't know
> >> > why I thought it was more involved than it is . It looks pretty
> >> > simple. Except the back one looks hard to get at. Manual says take off
> >> > the air intake.
>
> >> > Any cautions I need to be aware of ..? Thanks.
>
> >> Why do you want to replace them?
>
> > It's got 161k on it and I replaced the wires and plugs 35k miles ago
> > and had to do it again last week.  I'd rather do it  over thanksgiving
> > than take a day off from work. I have a compact seasonal work schedule
> > and missing an unplanned day tending to it would be much more costly
> > than the price of the parts.....
>
> > Also the manual says on the 4 cyl. you can't really test them.
>
> If you're not getting any misfire codes, save your money. Coils last
> basically forever.
>
> --
> Tegger- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I think I'll take you guys' advice and leave it alone. I guess I'm
just not used to going so long without wrenching SOMETHING on a
car..LOL.. This is nuts..in a good way.
From: in2dadark on 9 Nov 2009 19:24
On Nov 9, 11:42 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> "in2dadark" <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6514a500-54a5-4190-b882-64b083a52d6a(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 8, 7:53 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
>
> > in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:98448173-1e7f-430c-909a-
> > b09149d82...(a)r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > > I plan on replacing my coil packs on my 01 camry soon. I don't know
> > > why I thought it was more involved than it is . It looks pretty
> > > simple. Except the back one looks hard to get at. Manual says take off
> > > the air intake.
>
> > > Any cautions I need to be aware of ..? Thanks.
>
> > Why do you want to replace them?
>
> > --
> > Tegger
>
> It's got 161k on it and I replaced the wires and plugs 35k miles ago
> and had to do it again last week.  I'd rather do it  over thanksgiving
> than take a day off from work. I have a compact seasonal work schedule
> and missing an unplanned day tending to it would be much more costly
> than the price of the parts.....
>
> Also the manual says on the 4 cyl. you can't really test them.
>
> <JS>
> I'm missing something. If you replaced WIRES ... 35k ago, then you have no
> coil packs. Well, I suppose you could have two of them, one for each two
> plugs. You'd have wires in that case.
>
> I don't know how Toyota does it, my nieghbor's Camry has a distributor and
> wires. My car has coil packs, but there are six of them, so no wires -- and
> my car is not a Toyota.
>
> </JS>

Yea.. it's got 2 coild packs . Each one fires 2 cylinders. What are
you driving that has one for each cylinder?
From: Jeff Strickland on 9 Nov 2009 20:14

"in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:221c6511-2dae-4a7f-9d93-fa56a1e8c79e(a)j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 9, 11:42 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> "in2dadark" <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6514a500-54a5-4190-b882-64b083a52d6a(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 8, 7:53 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
>
> > in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:98448173-1e7f-430c-909a-
> > b09149d82...(a)r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > > I plan on replacing my coil packs on my 01 camry soon. I don't know
> > > why I thought it was more involved than it is . It looks pretty
> > > simple. Except the back one looks hard to get at. Manual says take off
> > > the air intake.
>
> > > Any cautions I need to be aware of ..? Thanks.
>
> > Why do you want to replace them?
>
> > --
> > Tegger
>
> It's got 161k on it and I replaced the wires and plugs 35k miles ago
> and had to do it again last week. I'd rather do it over thanksgiving
> than take a day off from work. I have a compact seasonal work schedule
> and missing an unplanned day tending to it would be much more costly
> than the price of the parts.....
>
> Also the manual says on the 4 cyl. you can't really test them.
>
> <JS>
> I'm missing something. If you replaced WIRES ... 35k ago, then you have no
> coil packs. Well, I suppose you could have two of them, one for each two
> plugs. You'd have wires in that case.
>
> I don't know how Toyota does it, my nieghbor's Camry has a distributor and
> wires. My car has coil packs, but there are six of them, so no wires --
> and
> my car is not a Toyota.
>
> </JS>

Yea.. it's got 2 coild packs . Each one fires 2 cylinders. What are
you driving that has one for each cylinder?


<JS>
A '94 BMW. I could be wrong, but I recall my kid's Tacoma as having a coil
for each plug too. We don't have the Taco anymore, so I can't check.

</JS>



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