From: in2dadark on
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.
From: Tegger on
in2dadark <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:98448173-1e7f-430c-909a-
b09149d827ce(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?

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Tegger

From: in2dadark on
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.

From: Tegger on
in2dadark <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in 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?
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.


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Tegger

From: Fatter Than Ever Moe on
Tegger wrote:
> in2dadark <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
>
>

I wouldn't mess with them unless one of them failed, I suspect there
are other parts that will fail first. Preventive maintenance? Follow
the owner's manual. Change the fluids (tighten the oil filter}, drive
reasonable and you should get the miles designed into the car.